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joshdifabio/future-process
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Process execution for PHP using futures and promises

v0.2.0(11y ago)253973[4 issues](https://github.com/joshdifabio/future-process/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/joshdifabio/future-process/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Future Process
==============

[](#future-process)

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Future Process is object-oriented `proc_open` with an asynchronous API and automatic queueing of commands.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// we use Shell to start new processes
$shell = new \FutureProcess\Shell;

// run a maximum of 5 concurrent processes - additional ones will be queued
$shell->setProcessLimit(5);

// let's download this package's license file from GitHub using wget
$url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joshdifabio/future-process/master/LICENSE';
$process = $shell->startProcess("wget -O - $url");
```

### Non-blocking

[](#non-blocking)

We can consume the process output using [promises](https://github.com/reactphp/promise).

```
// this will not block, even if the process is queued
$process->then(function ($process) {
    echo "Downloading file...\n";
});

// this will not block, even if the process is queued
$process->getResult()->then(function ($result) {
    echo "File contents:\n{$result->readFromPipe(1)}\n";
});

// this will block until all processes have exited
$shell->wait();
```

### Blocking

[](#blocking)

We can also consume the process output synchronously.

```
// this will block until the process starts
$process->wait();
echo "Downloading file...\n";

// this will block until the process exits
echo "File contents:\n{$process->getResult()->readFromPipe(1)}\n";
```

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

[](#installation)

Install Future Process using [composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

```
composer require joshdifabio/future-process

```

License
-------

[](#license)

Future Process is released under the [MIT](https://github.com/joshdifabio/future-process/blob/master/LICENSE) license.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community10

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 ~35 days

Total

2

Last Release

4060d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/18f6db1b0f349a143a47f8a3c490b56ad644aa62669a0015bed16a98cdfa1985?d=identicon)[joshdifabio](/maintainers/joshdifabio)

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Top Contributors

[![joshdifabio](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5609851?v=4)](https://github.com/joshdifabio "joshdifabio (127 commits)")

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Tags

promiseprocessreactchild-process

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