expect_expectl (no version information, might be only in CVS)
expect_expectl -- Waits until the output from a process matches one
of the patterns, a specified time period has passed, or an EOF is seen
Description mixed
expect_expectl ( resource expect, array cases, string &match )
Waits until the output from a process matches one of the patterns,
a specified time period has passed, or an EOF is seen.
If match is provided, then it is filled with the
result of search.
Parameters
expect
An Expect stream, previously opened with
expect_popen()
cases
An array of expect cases. Each expect case is an indexed array,
as described in the following table:
Table 1. Expect Case Array
Index Key Value Type Description Is Mandatory Default Value 0 string pattern, that will be matched against the output from the stream yes 1 mixed value, that will be returned by this function, if the pattern matches yes 2 integer
pattern type, one of:
EXP_GLOB EXP_EXACT EXP_REGEXP no EXP_GLOB
Examples
Example 1. expect_expectl() example
<?php // Copies file from remote host: ini_set ( "expect.timeout" , 30 ); $stream = fopen ( "expect://scp user@remotehost:/var/log/messages /home/user/messages.txt" , "r" ); $cases = array ( 0 => "password:" , 1 => PASSWORD ), 0 => "yes/no)?" , 1 => YESNO ) true ) { expect_expectl ( $stream , $cases )) PASSWORD : fwrite ( $stream , "password\n" ); YESNO : fwrite ( $stream , "yes\n" ); EXP_TIMEOUT : EXP_EOF : 2 ; "Error has occurred!\n" ); fclose ( $stream ); ?>
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