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Copyright 2012 Christian Sciberras & Contributors

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PHP command execution on steroids (aka interactively).

A PHP class for running programs through PHP, (uses proc_open()), interactively, that is giving a chance to your script to respond to input requests accordingly.

Assuming we have the following batch script:

@ECHO OFF
SET /p name=Enter your name: 
ECHO Hello, %name%!
PAUSE

One can interact with this batch script as follows:

$exec = new InterExec('test.bat');

$exec->on('start', function(){
	echo 'Start<br/>';
});

$exec->on('output', function($exec, $data){
	echo '&gt; '.$data.'<br/>';
});

$exec->on('input', function($exec, $last){
	$data = PHP_EOL; // default input, to unblock stream
	if($last == 'Enter your name: ')
		$data = 'John Doe'.PHP_EOL;
	echo '&lt; '.$data.'<br/>'; 
	return $data;
});

$exec->on('stop', function(){
	echo 'Stop<br/>';
});

$exec->run();

The above would result in the following page:

Start
> Enter your name: 
< John Doe
> Hello, John Doe!
> Press any key to continue...
< 
Stop

string $command_to_run

The command to run.

array|null $environment_vars

Environment variables (null to use existing variables).

integer $timeout

Time, in seconds, after which command is forcefully aborted.

string $stdout

All of the program's standard output till now.

string $stderr

All of the program's error output till now.

integer $return

Program's exit code (obviously only set after program quits).

float $time_start

Timestamp of when execution started.

float $time_taken

The time taken for the program to run and close.

boolean $fix_windows_path

If enabled, fixes a problem with popen not allow spaces inside program path (even when quoted).

float $tick_interval

Interval between ticks, in seconds (a value of zero disables interval).

resource $process_handle

Resource handle for currently running command process (or null if none running).

integer $data_buffer_size

Size of buffer for reading from pipes.

string $pipeType

Type of the pipe, InterExec::PIPE_TYPE_DEFAULT or InterExec::PIPE_TYPE_PTY

__construct($command_to_run [, $environment_vars])

Constructs new execution instance. string $command_to_run The command line to execute. array $environment_vars (Optional) Environment variables.

on($event, $callback)

Calls $callback when an event is triggered. string $event Name of event. callable $callback The callback to call.

is_running()

Returns whether process is currently running or not.

run()

Runs the specified command.

• start - Triggered when program starts.
• stop - Triggered when program ends.
• tick - Triggered on each execution step (see interval property).
• input($last):$data - Called when program is requesting input. Argument $last contains last output buffer. Callback should return $data to be sent to program.
• output($data) - Called when program sent some output. Argument $data contains the standard output fragment.
• error($data) - Called when program signals erroneous state. Argument $data contains the standard error fragment.

All callbacks will receive the command object that triggered the event, as first parameter (as a solution to unavailability of $this in PHP object callbacks).