STDIN, 1 => STDOUT, 2 => array("null"), ); $handle = proc_open($cmd, $descriptorspec, $pipes, $doc_root, null, array("suppress_errors" => true)); // note: even when server prints 'Listening on localhost:8964...Press Ctrl-C to quit.' // it might not be listening yet...need to wait until fsockopen() call returns $error = "Unable to connect to server\n"; for ($i=0; $i < 60; $i++) { usleep(50000); // 50ms per try $status = proc_get_status($handle); $fp = @fsockopen(PHP_CLI_SERVER_HOSTNAME, PHP_CLI_SERVER_PORT); // Failure, the server is no longer running if (!($status && $status['running'])) { $error = "Server is not running\n"; break; } // Success, Connected to servers if ($fp) { $error = ''; break; } } if ($fp) { fclose($fp); } if ($error) { echo $error; proc_terminate($handle); exit(1); } register_shutdown_function( function($handle) { proc_terminate($handle); /* Wait for server to shutdown */ for ($i = 0; $i < 60; $i++) { $status = proc_get_status($handle); if (!($status && $status['running'])) { break; } usleep(50000); } }, $handle ); } ?>