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krowinski/async
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Run php closure asynchronously

v2.0.0(6y ago)94333MITPHPPHP >=7.1CI failing

Since Dec 31Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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async
=====

[](#async)

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### How this work?

[](#how-this-work)

Well its basically "exec" with serialised closure. "Dressed" in nice libs like symfony process and console. I serialise callable function and sent to child process by exec. To get callback I register shutdown function and wait for process to finish.

### Why not pcntl ?

[](#why-not-pcntl-)

- Pcntl extension fork, so you can forget using it in web applications like apache2/php-fpm etc its only for CLI
- forks retains the parent state (for example open files) so its problematic

### Problems ?

[](#problems-)

- Calling exec is slower then fork
- Some resource/function/data must be passed directly to closure

### Some research

[](#some-research)

-  - good start to "know how" make php async
-  - non-blocking framework for PHP

### Example ?

[](#example-)

Sure take a look -

### User cases (mostly some code on website that user don't need to wait for)

[](#user-cases-mostly-some-code-on-website-that-user-dont-need-to-wait-for)

- send callback
- publish to queue amqp
- send external analytic data
- remove files
- process payments

### Supports M$ Windows?

[](#supports-m-windows)

NO.

### TODO

[](#todo)

- tests

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~358 days

Total

3

Last Release

2386d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.1 → v2.0.02019-12-18

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.6

v2.0.0PHP >=7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1478555?v=4)[Kacper Rowiński](/maintainers/krowinski)[@krowinski](https://github.com/krowinski)

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Top Contributors

[![krowinski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1478555?v=4)](https://github.com/krowinski "krowinski (14 commits)")

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