05-11-2012
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Originally Posted by
Scrutinizer
Do you mean after a certain amount of time? You could record the pid of the process and start another background job that monitors the process with that pid and that will kill it when it runs too long..
Yes. Sorry for not making that clear. I edited my question. Can you fix the topic title also? I'm pretty sure the red means your a mod
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Can you please give me a few ideas of how to do that?
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cli_set_process_title
CLI_SET_PROCESS_TITLE(3) 1 CLI_SET_PROCESS_TITLE(3)
cli_set_process_title - Sets the process title
SYNOPSIS
bool cli_set_process_title (string $title)
DESCRIPTION
Sets the process title visible in tools such as top and ps. This function is available only in CLI mode.
PARAMETERS
o $title
- The new title.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS
An E_WARNING will be generated if the operating system is unsupported.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
cli_set_process_title(3) example
<?php
$title = "My Amazing PHP Script";
$pid = getmypid(); // you can use this to see your process title in ps
if (!cli_set_process_title($title)) {
echo "Unable to set process title for PID $pid...
";
exit(1);
} else {
echo "The process title '$title' for PID $pid has been set for your process!
";
sleep(5);
}
?>
SEE ALSO
cli_get_process_title(3), setproctitle(3).
PHP Documentation Group CLI_SET_PROCESS_TITLE(3)