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<refentry xml:id="function.apache-child-terminate" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>apache_child_terminate</refname>
  <refpurpose>Terminate apache process after this request</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>apache_child_terminate</methodname>
   <void/>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>apache_child_terminate</function> will register the
   Apache process executing the current PHP request for termination
   once execution of PHP code is completed. It may be used to
   terminate a process after a script with high memory consumption has
   been run as memory will usually only be freed internally but not
   given back to the operating system. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns &true; if PHP is running as an Apache 1 module, the Apache version
   is non-multithreaded, and the 
   <link linkend="ini.child-terminate">child_terminate</link> PHP directive is 
   enabled (disabled by default). If these conditions are not met, &false; is 
   returned and an error of level <constant>E_WARNING</constant> is generated.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  &note.no-windows;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>exit</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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