less.php

<?php

$dspec = array(
    0 => STDIN,
    1 => STDOUT,
    2 => STDERR,
);

$tempfile = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'lesstest');

file_put_contents($tempfile, <<<EOF
Some text
to be
displayed with
less.
EOF
);

// run the external command
$proc = proc_open('less '.$tempfile, $dspec, $pipes, null, null);

if (is_resource($proc)) {
    while (true) {
        $stat = proc_get_status($proc);

        if ($stat['running']) {
            break;
        }

        sleep(1);
    }
}

proc_close($proc);

Hm
Sure deadline reads from the proc open pipe? Afaics it does not. For one :)

I got it! Updated the Gist. Thanks :)