pclose

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Closes process file pointer.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

pclose Function synopsis

pclose($handle): int

Parameters

$handle

The file pointer must be valid, and must have been returned by a successful call to popen.

Return value

Typeint

Returns the termination status of the process that was run. In case of an error then -1 is returned.

Changes to the pclose Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: int
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $fp to $handle
- pclose($fp)
+ pclose($handle): int

pclose Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes