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aboutcoders/process-control
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A PHP process control library

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Process Control
===============

[](#process-control)

A PHP process control library.

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The interface
-------------

[](#the-interface)

The [ControllerInterface](./src/ControllerInterface.php) defines the method doExit() that indicates whether to exist a process.

```
interface ControllerInterface
{
    /**
     * Indicates whether to exit a process
     *
     * @return boolean
     */
    public function doExit();
}
```

The PcntlController
-------------------

[](#the-pcntlcontroller)

The [PcntlController](./src/PcntlController.php) listens to PCNTL events to determine whether to exit a process.

```
    $stopsignals = array(SIGTERM);
    $logger = new Psr\Log\NullLogger();

    $controller = new PcntlController($stopsignals, $logger);

    while(!$controller->doExit())
    {
        // do something
    }
```

The ChainController
-------------------

[](#the-chaincontroller)

The [ChainController](./src/ChainController.php) executes multiple controllers in a chain to determine whether to exit a process.

The NullController
------------------

[](#the-nullcontroller)

The [NullController](./src/NullController.php) never indicates to exit a process.

**Note: This controller can be used as fallback controller for the PcntlController in runtime environments where PCNTL functions to not exist.**

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~38 days

Recently: every ~54 days

Total

8

Last Release

3426d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.3

1.1.0PHP >=5.4.0

1.2.2PHP >=5.3

### Community

Maintainers

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