posix_kill

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

posix_kill — Send a signal to a process

bool posix_kill ( int $pid , int $sig )

Send the signal sig to the process with the process identifier pid.

Retorna TRUE em caso de sucesso ou FALSE em caso de falha.

The kill(2) manual page of the POSIX system, which contains additional information about negative process identifiers, the special pid 0, the special pid -1, and the signal number 0.