getmypid

int getmypid(void)

Displays the process ID of the current script.

Returns:

Process ID of the executed script; FALSE on error

Description:

This function returns the process ID (PID) of the executed PHP script. This and other related functions may not work correctly in the Win32 version of PHP.

Example:

Display script PID
// this does not work in Windows 
$pid = getmypid(); 
echo $pid;

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