Process Interaction Streams

expect:// PHP 4.3.0 and up (PECL)

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.

Table L-12. 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