Return the parent process identifier

posix_getppid

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

posix_getppid — Return the parent process identifier

int posix_getppid ( void )

Return the process identifier of the parent process of the current process.

Returns the identifier, as an integer.

Example #1 Example use of posix_getppid()


<?php
echo posix_getppid(); //8259
?>