phpjs/_octopress/source/functions/pclose/index.markdown

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title: "JavaScript pclose function"
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- /functions/view/pclose:807
- /functions/view/pclose
- /functions/view/807
- /functions/pclose:807
- /functions/807
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<!-- Generated by Rakefile:build -->
A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's pclose

{% codeblock filesystem/pclose.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/filesystem/pclose.js raw on github %}
function pclose (handle) {
  // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
  // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // *     example 1: var handle = popen('http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/pj_test_supportfile_1.htm', 'r');
  // *     example 1: pclose(handle);
  // *     returns 1: true
  if (!handle || handle.opener !== 'popen') {
    return false;
  }

  try {
    delete this.php_js.resourceDataPointer[handle.id];
    delete this.php_js.resourceData[handle.id]; // Free up memory
  } catch (e) {
    return false;
  }
  return true;
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [view on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/filesystem/pclose.js)
 - [edit on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/filesystem/pclose.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
var handle = popen('http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/pj_test_supportfile_1.htm', 'r');
pclose(handle);
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
true
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the filesystem extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/filesystem.html %}