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christiaan/stream-process
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Wrapper around proc\_open to ease communication via streams between processes

1.0.2(7y ago)412.4k↓40%1MITPHPPHP >= 5.3.2

Since Mar 7Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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StreamProcess
=============

[](#streamprocess)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/065f71012f3b19619a637e991e3612671461d45274c284de34f600813171c278/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6368726973746961616e2f73747265616d2d70726f636573732e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/christiaan/stream-process)

Easily spawn processes and communicate with them using streams. Mainly build to be used together with [react/event-loop](https://packagist.org/packages/react/event-loop).

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

[](#installation)

```
composer.phar require christiaan/stream-process
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$loop = \React\EventLoop\Factory::create();

$child = new StreamProcess('php someWorkerProcess.php');

$loop->addReadStream($child->getReadStream(), function($stream) {
        $data = fgets($stream);
        fwrite(STDOUT, $data);
    });

$loop->addPeriodicTimer(1, function() {
        pcntl_signal_dispatch();
    });

pcntl_signal(SIGTERM, function() use($loop) {
        $loop->stop();
        // Cleanup before closing
        exit(0);
    });

fwrite($child->getWriteStream(), 'start');
$loop->run();
```

Known issues
------------

[](#known-issues)

Not working on Windows because of this [bug](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47918)

Could possible be fixed by using files instead of direct streams.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~974 days

Total

3

Last Release

2872d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8571758471c73669aeb7e688a77b6cf5de0c6b2a99bb7ee12888d4b793bfd27f?d=identicon)[christiaan](/maintainers/christiaan)

---

Top Contributors

[![christiaan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/118490?v=4)](https://github.com/christiaan "christiaan (7 commits)")

---

Tags

streamevent-loopprocessreactproc\_open

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