pcntl_sigwaitinfo

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)
Waits for signals
int pcntl_sigwaitinfo ( array $set [, array &$siginfo ] )

The pcntl_sigwaitinfo() function suspends execution of the calling script until one of the signals given in set are delivered. If one of the signal is already pending (e.g. blocked by pcntl_sigprocmask()), pcntl_sigwaitinfo() will return immediately.

Parameters:
set

Array of signals to wait for.

siginfo

The siginfo parameter is set to an array containing informations about the signal.

The following elements are set for all signals:

  • signo: Signal number
  • errno: An error number
  • code: Signal code

The following elements may be set for the SIGCHLD signal:

  • status: Exit value or signal
  • utime: User time consumed
  • stime: System time consumed
  • pid: Sending process ID
  • uid: Real user ID of sending process

The following elements may be set for the SIGILL, SIGFPE, SIGSEGV and SIGBUS signals:

  • addr: Memory location which caused fault

The following element may be set for the SIGPOLL signal:

  • band: Band event
  • fd: File descriptor number
Returns:

On success, pcntl_sigwaitinfo() returns a signal number.

Examples:
pcntl_sigwaitinfo() example
<?php
echo "Blocking SIGHUP signal\n";
pcntl_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, array(SIGHUP));

echo "Sending SIGHUP to self\n";
posix_kill(posix_getpid(), SIGHUP);

echo "Waiting for signals\n";
$info = array();
pcntl_sigwaitinfo(array(SIGHUP), $info);
?>

See also:

pcntl_sigprocmask() -

pcntl_sigtimedwait() -

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2016-02-24 16:05:12
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