Supported Versions: PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
Forks the currently running process
pcntl_fork(): int
    protected function forkSendSignal($signal)

    {

        
$currentPid posix_getpid();

        
$childPid pcntl_fork();

        if (
$childPid == -1) {

            
$this->fail("Failed to fork child process!");

        } else if (
$childPid === 0) {