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#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php

$pipes = array(null, null, null);
$process = null;
$output = '';
$ret = -1;

/**
 * Start process
 *
 * @param string $cmd Command to execute
 * @param bool $wantinputfd Whether or not input fd (pipe) is required
 * @retun void
 */
function processStart($cmd, $wantinputfd = false)
{
    global $process, $pipes;

    $process = proc_open(
        $cmd,
        array(
            0 => ($wantinputfd) ? array('pipe', 'r') : STDIN, // pipe/fd from which child will read
            1 => STDOUT,
            2 => array('pipe', 'w'), // pipe to which child will write any errors
            3 => array('pipe', 'w') // pipe to which child will write any output
        ),
        $pipes
    );
}

/**
 * Stop process
 *
 * @param bool $wantinputfd Whether or not input fd (pipe) is required
 * @return int Command exit code
 */
function processStop($wantinputfd = false)
{
    global $output, $pipes, $process, $ret;

    if ($wantinputfd) {
        fclose($pipes[0]);
        usleep(2000);
    }

    $output = '';
    while ($_ = fgets($pipes[3])) {
        $output .= $_;
    }

    $errors = '';
    while ($_ = fgets($pipes[2])) {
        fwrite(STDERR, $_);
        $errors++;
    }

    if ($errors) {
        fwrite(STDERR, "whiptail output the above errors, giving up!\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    fclose($pipes[2]);
    fclose($pipes[3]);

    do {
        usleep(2000);
        $status = proc_get_status($process);
    } while ($status['running']);

    proc_close($process);
    $ret = $status['exitcode'];
}

// Test for yesno dialog box
processStart("whiptail --backtitle 'whiptail test' --title 'Little test' --output-fd 3 --yesno -- 'yesno dialog box' 0 70");
processStop();
echo "Exit code is $ret\n";

// Test for gauge dialog box
processStart("whiptail --backtitle 'whiptail test' --title 'Little test' --output-fd 3 --gauge -- 'gauge dialog box' 0 70 0", true);
sleep(1);
fwrite($pipes[0], "XXX\n0\nFirst step\nXXX\n20\n");
sleep(1);
fwrite($pipes[0], "XXX\n20\nSecond step\nXXX\n50\n");
sleep(1);
fwrite($pipes[0], "XXX\n50\nThird step\nXXX\n80\n");
sleep(1);
fwrite($pipes[0], "XXX\n80\nFourth step\nXXX\n100\n");
sleep(1);
processStop(true);
echo "Exit code is $ret\n";

// Test for input dialog box
processStart("whiptail --backtitle 'whiptail test' --title 'Little test' --output-fd 3 --inputbox -- 'input dialog box' 0 70");
processStop();
echo "Output is $output\n";
echo "Exit code is $ret\n";

// Test for errors output
processStart("whiptail --backtitle 'whiptail test' --title 'Little test' --output-fd 3 --inexistent -- 'my input box' 0 70");
processStop();

exit(0);

		$timeout = 15;
		$descriptorspec = array(
			0 => array("pipe", 'r'), // stdin is a pipe that the child will read from
			1 => array("pipe", 'w'), // stdout is a pipe that the child will write to
			2 => array("pipe", 'w') // stderr is a pipe that the child will write to
		);

		$process = proc_open('dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.1', $descriptorspec, $pipes);

		$streams = array(
			'PSTDIN' => $pipes[0],
			'PSTDOUT' => $pipes[1],
			'PSTDERR' => $pipes[2],
			'STDIN' => STDIN
		);

		if (is_resource($process)) {
			while (!feof($pipes[1])) {
				$read = $streams;
				$n = stream_select($read, $write = null, $e = null, $timeout);

				if ($n > 0) {
					foreach ($read as $r) {
						$key = array_search($r, $streams);

						if ($key == 'STDIN') {
							fwrite($streams['PSTDIN'], fflush($streams[$key]));
						} elseif ($key == 'PSTDOUT' || $key == 'PSTDERR') {
							echo fread($streams[$key], 1);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		} else {
			fwrite(STDOUT, "System was unable to execute external command" . PHP_EOL);
		}

passthru('dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.1 2>&1', $retVal);