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alex-salt/yii2-tasks
====================

Yii2 background task component

v1.0.1(9y ago)01.0k[1 issues](https://github.com/holycheater/yii2-tasks/issues)MITPHPPHP ^5.6 || ~7.0

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yii2-tasks
==========

[](#yii2-tasks)

Component for running background tasks inside a `react/event-loop`.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require alex-salt/yii2-amqp
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Configure application:

[](#configure-application)

```
return [
    'components' => [
        'rmq' => [
            'class' => \alexsalt\amqp\Connection::class,
            'host' => 'localhost',
        ],
        'tasks' => [
            'class' => \alexsalt\tasks\TaskQueueComponent::class,
            'rmq' => 'rmq',
            'defaultQueue' => 'tasks',
        ],
    ],
];
```

### Create a task

[](#create-a-task)

```
use alexsalt\tasks\TaskInterface;

class MyTask implements TaskInterface {
    public $a;

    public $b = 1;

    public function run() {
        // your magic code
    }
}
```

### Send a task:

[](#send-a-task)

```
$task = new MyTask([ 'a' => 1, 'b' => 5 ]);
Yii::$app->tasks->send($task);
```

### A task worker:

[](#a-task-worker)

```
use alexsalt\tasks\TaskWorker;

class WorkerController extends \yii\console\Controller {
    public function actionMyTask() {
        $worker = new TaskWorker([
            'queue' => 'tasks',
        ]);
        $worker->start();
    }
}
```

### Custom worker

[](#custom-worker)

```
use alexsalt\tasks\BaseMessage;
use alexsalt\tasks\AbstractWorker;

// declare message class with structure
class MyMessage extends BaseMessage {
    public $a;

    public $b;
}

// declare worker with our handler
class MyWorker extends AbstractWorker {
    /**
     * @param MyMessage $msg
     */
    public function processMessage(BaseMessage $msg) {
        if ($msg->a - $msg->b) {
            return $this->ack($msg);
        } else if (!$msg->b) {
            Yii::error('dont like the message');
            return $this->drop($msg);
        } else {
            return $this->nack($msg);
        }
    }
}

// create and send message
$msg = new MyMessage([ 'a' => 1 ]);
Yii::$app->rmq->sendToQueue($msg, 'my-queue');

// start worker that does stuff
$worker = new MyWorker([ 'queue' => 'my-queue' ]);
$worker->start();
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~30 days

Total

2

Last Release

3288d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d0d4697f7993e6518f1e60d95e1ad8759037288ea8f20b20f44435c591ebc9a6?d=identicon)[alex\_salt](/maintainers/alex_salt)

---

Tags

event-looprabbitmqyii2AMQPreactTasks

###  Code Quality

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