# setproctitle

(PECL proctitle >= 0.1.0)

setproctitle — Set the process title

### Description

setproctitle ( string `$title` ) : void

Sets the process title of the current process.

### Parameters

`title`

  The title to use as the process title.

### Return Values

No value is returned.

### Examples

Example #1 setproctitle() example

Running the example below will change the process title (visible with `ps a` for example).

`<?php
setproctitle("myscript");
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    $ ps a
      PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
     1168 pts/3    S      0:00 myscript

### See Also

- cli_set_process_title() - Sets the process title
- pcntl_fork() - Forks the currently running process
- setthreadtitle() - Set the thread title