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iron-io/iron\_worker
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Client library for IronWorker (multi-language worker platform that runs tasks in the background, in parallel, and at scale.)

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iron\_worker\_php is PHP language binding for IronWorker.

IronWorker is a massively scalable background processing system.

Getting Started
===============

[](#getting-started)

Branches
--------

[](#branches)

- `1.*` - Laravel 4.0/4.1/4.2/5.0 compatible, PHP 5.2 compatible version. No namespaces.
- `2.*` - Laravel 5.1+ compatible, PSR-4 compatible version with namespaces.
- `master` branch - same as `2.*`

Get credentials
---------------

[](#get-credentials)

To start using iron\_worker\_php, you need to sign up and get an oauth token.

1. Sign up [here](https://hud-e.iron.io/signup).
2. Get a token at

Install iron\_worker\_php
-------------------------

[](#install-iron_worker_php)

There are two ways to use iron\_worker\_php:

##### Using composer

[](#using-composer)

Create `composer.json` file in project directory:

```
{
    "require": {
        "iron-io/iron_worker": "2.*"
    }
}
```

Do `composer install` (install it if needed: )

And use it:

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$worker = new \IronWorker\IronWorker();
```

##### Using classes directly (strongly not recommended)

[](#using-classes-directly-strongly-not-recommended)

1. Copy classes from `src` to target directory
2. Grab IronCore classes [there](https://github.com/iron-io/iron_core_php) and copy to target directory
3. Include them all.

```
require 'src/HttpException.php';
require 'src/JsonException.php';
require 'src/IronCore.php';
require 'src/IronWorker.php';
require 'src/IronWorkerException.php';

$worker = new \IronWorker\IronWorker();
```

Configure
---------

[](#configure)

Three ways to configure IronWorker:

- Passing array with options:

```