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cocur/watchman
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PHP wrapper for facebook/watchman

v0.1(12y ago)81.0kMITPHPPHP >=5.4

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cocur/watchman
==============

[](#cocurwatchman)

> PHP wrapper for [`facebook/watchman`](https://github.com/facebook/watchman).

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/527efc7bea21f5c50d6373006cf8f3dfef05143596679d2c33229832f0f9e44c/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f636f6375722f77617463686d616e2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/cocur/watchman)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0373dde102e1e755939875f42cce5d2f5a91c9dda4b319eec535de8b6f166ee4/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f636f6375722f77617463686d616e2e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/cocur/watchman)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0f9dc72b631db2294113c3f7f8cdb79d3200c192e09fb82eb4ca77964db84a59/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f766572616c6c732f636f6375722f77617463686d616e2e737667)](https://coveralls.io/r/cocur/watchman)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Simple PHP wrapper for [`facebook/watchman`](https://github.com/facebook/watchman)
- Add, list and delete watched directories
- Add, list and delete triggers
- Compatible with PHP >= 5.4 and [HHVM](http://hhvm.com/)

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

[](#installation)

You can install `cocur/watchman` through [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
$ composer require cocur/watchman:@stable
```

*In a production environment you should replace `@stable` with the [version](https://github.com/cocur/watchman/releases) you want to use.*

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Cocur\Watchman\Watchman;

$watchman = new Watchman();
$watch = $watchman->addWatch('/var/www/foobar');
$trigger = $watch->addTrigger('foo', '*.js', 'ls -al');

// Retrieve all watched directories
$watched = $watchman->listWatches();

// Retrieve all triggers from a watch
$triggers = $watch->listTriggers();

// Later...
$trigger->delete();
$watch->delete();
```

Supported Watchman commands
---------------------------

[](#supported-watchman-commands)

- watch ✓
- watch-list ✓
- watch-del ✓
- clock ✓
- trigger ✓
- trigger-list ✓
- trigger-del ✓
- find ✓
- query ✓
- since ✓
- log-level ✓
- log ✓
- shutdown-server ✓
- subscribe
- unsubscribe
- get-sockname ✓

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### Version 0.1 (27 April 2014)

[](#version-01-27-april-2014)

- Initial release
- Add, delete and list watched directories
- Add, delete and list triggers

Author
------

[](#author)

[**Florian Eckerstorfer**](http://florian.ec)

- [Twitter](http://twitter.com/Florian_)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT license applies to **cocur/watchman**. For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE file distributed with this source code.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 40% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4495d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Tags

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