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firegate666/daemon
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Simple PHP daemon wrapper for your custom handler, integrates easily with initd or supervisor

0.1.2(10y ago)223Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Oct 9Pushed 10y ago3 watchersCompare

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Simple daemon
=============

[](#simple-daemon)

What is this project about
--------------------------

[](#what-is-this-project-about)

You have background tasks for your project? You want to code them in PHP? You need a simple framework to attach your tasks to?

Please try out my wrapper for your daemon tasks.

How to use it
-------------

[](#how-to-use-it)

That is quite simple, have a look at the example daemon to get an idea what you need to implement.

Integrate it via composer into project

```
composer require firegate666/daemon

```

Create your own daemon handler and daemon handler factory be implementing `HandlerInterface` and `HandlerInterfaceFactory`. Setup your own startup php script, see `exampled.php`

### setup with start-stop-daemon

[](#setup-with-start-stop-daemon)

Copy your own init script to `/etc/init.d/`, see `etc/init.d/exampled.daemon.sh`.

### setup with supervisor

[](#setup-with-supervisor)

Download and install [Supervisord](http://supervisord.org/). On Ubuntu or similar it is quite easy to use `apt-get install`. Copy your supervisor configuration to `/etc/supervisor/conf.d/`, see `etc/supervisor/conf.d/exampled.conf`. Copy your own init script to `/etc/init.d/`, see `etc/init.d/exampled.supervisor.sh`.

### control it

[](#control-it)

Now you can control your daemon

```
/etc/init.d/exampled start
/etc/init.d/exampled stop
/etc/init.d/exampled restart
/etc/init.d/exampled status

```

How does this thing work
------------------------

[](#how-does-this-thing-work)

Via a command line sript you can start up the daemon, see `exampled.php`. Write your own handler and factory and inject them into the daemon. When the daemon starts up, he forks 4 child processes with your pre-defined handler. If one child goes down, a new one is started. Each child process has its own handler instance and starts the run loop.

If the daemon itself receives a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT), this signal is dispatched to his children and the daemon waits for their termination before he goes down himself.

ToDos
-----

[](#todos)

- too many children died in short amount of time detection
- proper log messages and levels
- define guidelines for levels

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

3921d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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