# apache_child_terminate

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5)

apache_child_terminate — Terminate apache process after this request

### Description

bool apache_child_terminate ( void )

apache_child_terminate() will register the Apache process executing the current PHP request for termination once execution of PHP code it is completed. It may be used to terminate a process after a script with high memory consumption has been run as memory will usually only be freed internally but not given back to the operating system.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` if PHP is running as an Apache 1 module, the Apache version is non-multithreaded, and the child_terminate PHP directive is enabled (disabled by default). If these conditions are not met, `FALSE` is returned and an error of level `E_WARNING` is generated.

### Notes

> Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

### See Also

- exit()