PHP

getmypid

getmypid

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

getmypid — Gets PHP's process ID

Description

int getmypid ( void )

Gets the current PHP process ID.

Return Values

Returns the current PHP process ID, or FALSE on error.

Notes

Warning

Process IDs are not unique, thus they are a weak entropy source. We recommend against relying on pids in security-dependent contexts.

See Also

  • getmygid() - Get PHP script owner's GID

  • getmyuid() - Gets PHP script owner's UID

  • get_current_user() - Gets the name of the owner of the current PHP script

  • getmyinode() - Gets the inode of the current script

  • getlastmod() - Gets time of last page modification

← getmyinode

getmyuid →

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