posix_kill
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
posix_kill — Send a signal to a process
Description
$process_id, int $signal): bool
Send the signal signal to the process with
the process identifier process_id.
Return Values
Returns true on success or false on failure.
See Also
- The kill(2) manual page of the POSIX system, which contains additional information about negative process identifiers, the special pid 0, the special pid -1, and the signal number 0.

