expect_expectl
(PECL expect >= 0.1.0)
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
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.
The matched string can be found in match[0].
The match substrings (according to the parentheses) in the original pattern can be found
in match[1], match[2], and so
on, up to match[9] (the limitation of libexpect).
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:
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");
$cases = array(
// array(pattern, value to return if pattern matched)
array("password:", "asked for password"),
array("yes/no)?", "asked for yes/no")
);
while (true) {
switch (expect_expectl($stream, $cases)) {
case "asked for password":
fwrite($stream, "my password\n");
break;
case "asked for yes/no":
fwrite($stream, "yes\n");
break;
case EXP_TIMEOUT:
case EXP_EOF:
break 2; // break both the switch statement and the while loop
default:
die("Error has occurred!");
}
}
fclose($stream);
?>
See Also
- expect_popen() - Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to
the process
Expect Functions
Expect Functions