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kicken/gearman-php
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A PHP implementation of the Gearman protocol.

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Gearman-PHP
===========

[](#gearman-php)

This library provides a pure PHP implementation of the gearman protocol for creating clients and workers. It provides an alternative to the PHP extension which is not always available.

This library is not a replacement for the existing extension. This library provides an alternative and incompatible API.

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

[](#installation)

Simply require the kicken/gearman-php package with composer to install the latest version.

```
composer require kicken/gearman-php

```

Quick start guide
-----------------

[](#quick-start-guide)

Below is a quick start guide to setting up workers, submitting jobs, and getting a jobs status. For full details about the API's available, dig into the source code and have a look around.

### Workers

[](#workers)

Creating workers involves registering different callback functions with an instance of the Worker class and then calling the work method to start accepting and performing work. For example:

```