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alanpich/daemon
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Lightweight wrapper for starting & stopping background processes

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Since Nov 26Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Daemon Processes
================

[](#daemon-processes)

====================

Spawns background processes via PHP. Can also stop them again

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
{
    "require": {
        "alanpich/php-daemon": "*"
    }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Command to execute
$script = 'php '.dirname(__FILE__).'/index.php';
// File to log to
$logFile = dirname(__FILE__).'/log.txt';
// Path to save pid file to
$pidFile = dirname(__FILE__).'/process.pid';
// Create the daemon wrapper
$daemon = new \AlanPich\Daemon\DaemonProcess($script,$pidFile,$logFile);

$daemon->start();

echo $daemon->status()? 'RUNNING' : 'NOT RUNNING';

$daemon->stop();
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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