Process Interaction Streams

expect:// PHP 4.3.0 and up (PECL)

• expect://command

Note: This wrapper is not enabled by default
In order to use the expect:// wrapper you must install the » Expect extension available from » PECL.

Streams opened via the expect:// wrapper provide access to process'es stdio, stdout and stderr via PTY.

Wrapper Summary

Attribute	Supported
Restricted by allow_url_fopen	No
Allows Reading	Yes
Allows Writing	Yes
Allows Appending	Yes
Allows Simultaneous Reading and Writing	No
Supports stat()	No
Supports unlink()	No
Supports rename()	No
Supports mkdir()	No
Supports rmdir()	No