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PhpTaskDaemon

• PhpTaskDaemon Introduction
• Installation
• Usage
• Contribute
• License
• Contact Information

PhpTaskDaemon Introduction

PhpTaskDaemon is a library for creating php daemons for unix environments (requirement: pcntl and posix extension). It provides a simple api for defining queues and task executors. Tasks are run by managers, which define the way when and how tasks are executed. A single command line script is used to start, stop and monitor the daemon.

Features

• Start multiple workers/instances of tasks
• Supports multiple task managers:
  • Interval
  • Cron
  • Forked
  • Gearman
• Logs to one or more log files
• Manages state information of child processes using shared memory.
• Provides an easy api to request daemon state information.

Requirements

• PHP 5.3
  • command line
  • pcntl extension
  • shared memory
• Zend Framework
  • Zend_Log
  • Zend_Console_GetOpt
  • Zend_Config

Installation

Basic installation

• Extract the package
• Edit the configuration file: src/application/configs/daemon.ini
• Start the executable in src/bin

Startup on boot

• Edit the file (doc/files/init-script)
• Copy the edited init script file to /etc/init.d/phptaskdaemon

Restart by cron

• Add a crontab job:
  • • • • • • /path/to/phptaskdaemon/bin/phptaskdaemon --action start

Usage

A command line tool is provided to start, stop and monitor the daemon. Below a

Command line:

• Start: ./daemon --help
• Start: ./daemon --action start
• Stop: ./daemon --action stop
• Status ./daemon --action status
• Monitor ./daemon --action monitor

PHP API Example:

$daemon = new Dew_Daemon(); $status = $daemon->status(); var_dump($status);

Contact Information

For more info about the PhpTaskDAemonapplication see the website:

GitHub: https://github.com/DirkEngels/PhpTaskDaemon Blog: http://blog.dirkengels.com/category/phptaskdaemon/