go back | rename php process title

need to rename a php process from within itself? i came across the need to do so for jackmunch and this works for me.

check out this "bug" report http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29479

last tested on centos 5.1 and php 5.3.0alpha3-dev

  # wget http://nedren.com/proc-title/proc-title.tar
  # tar -xf proc-title.tar
  # cd proctitle
  # /usr/bin/phpize
  # ./configure
  # make
  # make install
   - copy extension (proctitle.so) to your extension directory
   - add the following to php.ini:
       extension = proctitle.so
   - function bool setproctitle( string $newtitle ) is now available

<?php

   function setProcessTitle($new_title) {
      $clear_title = str_pad('cleartitle', 65, ' ', STR_PAD_RIGHT);
      setproctitle($clear_title);
      setproctitle($new_title);
   }

?>