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getmypid

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

getmypidGets PHP's process ID

Description

int getmypid ( void )

Gets the current PHP process ID.

Return Values

Returns the current PHP process ID, or FALSE on error.

Notes

Warning

Process IDs are not unique, thus they are a weak entropy source. We recommend against relying on pids in security-dependent contexts.

See Also



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kroczu at interia dot pl
19-Dec-2005 12:59
<?php
/*

mixed getpidinfo(mixed pid [, string system_ps_command_options])

this function gets PID-info from system ps command and return it in useful assoc-array,
or return false and trigger warning if PID doesn't exists

$pidifo=getpidinfo(12345);

print_r($pidifo);

Array
(
    [USER] => user
    [PID] => 12345
    [%CPU] => 0.0
    [%MEM] => 0.0
    [VSZ] => 1720
    [RSS] => 8
    [TT] => ??
    [STAT] => Is
    [STARTED] => 6:00PM
    [TIME] => 0:00.01
    [COMMAND] => php someproces.php > logfile
)

*/

//////////////////////////////////////////////

function getpidinfo($pid, $ps_opt="aux"){

  
$ps=shell_exec("ps ".$ps_opt."p ".$pid);
  
$ps=explode("\n", $ps);
  
   if(
count($ps)<2){
     
trigger_error("PID ".$pid." doesn't exists", E_USER_WARNING);
      return
false;
   }

   foreach(
$ps as $key=>$val){
     
$ps[$key]=explode(" ", ereg_replace(" +", " ", trim($ps[$key])));
   }

   foreach(
$ps[0] as $key=>$val){
     
$pidinfo[$val] = $ps[1][$key];
      unset(
$ps[1][$key]);
   }
  
   if(
is_array($ps[1])){
     
$pidinfo[$val].=" ".implode(" ", $ps[1]);
   }
   return
$pidinfo;
}

?>
Pure-PHP
21-Mar-2005 10:26
You can use this function also to avoid more than one instance of your app.

You can also use this class.
http://www.pure-php.de/node/20

Usage:

<?php

inlude
("ProcessHandler.class.php");

if(
ProcessHandler::isActive()){
   die(
"Already running!\n";);
}else{
  
ProcessHandler::activate();
  
//run my app
}

?>
brooke at jump dot net
25-Oct-2003 12:49
One good use for this is deciding on a concurrency-safe temporary file or directory name. You can be assured that no two processes on the same server have the same PID, so this is enough to avoid collisions. For example:

<?php
$tmpfile
= "/tmp/foo_".getmypid();
// Use $tmpfile...
// Use $tmpfile...
// Use $tmpfile...
unlink ($tmpfile);
?>

If you are sharing /tmp over the network (which is odd....) then you can, of course, mix in the PHP server's IP address.

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