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[csnyder]

On 9/20/06, Joseph Crawford <codebowl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I am trying to use pcntl_fork() on the mac, hoever when i do
>
> $pid = pcntl_fork();
> echo $pid; // nothing returns
> I am guessing that it is returning a blank string but not sure how to debug
> that, i tried var_dump($pid) but i get nothing (not sure if this is due to
> being a command line util or not.
>
> The question is does pcntl_fork work on the mac ??


Yes. It should work on Mac, it's a unix environment.

I assume you've seen this:
" Process Control support in PHP is not enabled by default. You have
to compile the CGI or CLI version of PHP with --enable-pcntl
configuration option when compiling PHP to enable Process Control
support."

Also, remember that in the child process, $pid will be empty.

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Chris Snyder
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