apache_child_terminate — Terminate the Apache Child Process After the Current Request
apache_child_terminate() is a PHP function that registers the current Apache child process for termination after the request finishes, returning TRUE only when running under non‑threaded Apache with the child_terminate directive enabled, otherwise returning FALSE and emitting an E_WARNING.
bool apache_child_terminate(void)The apache_child_terminate() function registers the Apache child process that is executing the current PHP request to be terminated once the request ends. This is useful for scripts that consume large amounts of memory, allowing the process to release memory back to the operating system.
Parameters : None.
Return value : Returns TRUE only when PHP runs as an Apache 1 module on a non‑threaded Apache server with the child_terminate directive enabled; otherwise it returns FALSE and generates an E_WARNING level error.
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