[DOC-CVS] [doc-en] master: proc_close: "waits", not "closes". Also grammar fix in Returns. (#5482)

Author: Sinus (SinusPi)
Committer: GitHub (web-flow)
Pusher: jordikroon
Date: 2026-06-09T23:15:07+02:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/970d3aa7fdf5c714b584cbe67ebf9e32a1e8b0d3
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/970d3aa7fdf5c714b584cbe67ebf9e32a1e8b0d3.diff

proc_close: "waits", not "closes". Also grammar fix in Returns. (#5482)

* proc_close: "waits", not "closes". Also grammar fix in Returns.

The function waits (waitpid) for a process to terminate, it does not do any closing. The description is a little misleading.

Co-authored-by: Louis-Arnaud <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Kroon <[email protected]>

Changed paths:
  M  reference/exec/functions/proc-close.xml


Diff:

diff --git a/reference/exec/functions/proc-close.xml b/reference/exec/functions/proc-close.xml
index f3eb50788b47..de159fb488eb 100644
--- a/reference/exec/functions/proc-close.xml
+++ b/reference/exec/functions/proc-close.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <refentry xml:id='function.proc-close' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>proc_close</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Close a process opened by <function>proc_open</function> and return the exit code of that process</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Close pipes to a process opened by <function>proc_open</function>, wait for it to terminate, and return its exit code</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1 role="description">
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
-  <para>
+  <simpara>
    Returns the termination status of the process that was run. In case of 
-   an error then <literal>-1</literal> is returned.
-  </para>
+   an error, <literal>-1</literal> is returned.
+  </simpara>
   &note.sigchild;
  </refsect1>
   <refsect1 role="changelog">