pcntl_exec

Executes specified program in current process space

&reftitle.description; `bool` `pcntl_exec` `string` `path` `array` `args`[] `array` `env_vars`[]

Executes the program with the given arguments.

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`path`

- `path` must be the path to a binary executable or a script with a valid path pointing to an executable in the shebang ( #!/usr/local/bin/perl for example) as the first line. See your system's man execve(2) page for additional information.

`args`

- `args` is an array of argument strings passed to the program.

`env_vars`

- `env_vars` is an array of strings which are passed as environment to the program. The array is in the format of name => value, the key being the name of the environmental variable and the value being the value of that variable.

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Returns &false;.