Question

I am using phpseclib, Net_SSH2.

I need to get the process ID of the server/process that is started by this command.

echo $ssh->exec('java -Xmx256M -Xms32M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui');

This is so i can store it and be able to kill it via a PHP script at anytime.

Answer 1

You may try:

echo $ssh->exec('java -Xmx256M -Xms32M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $!;');