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laudeon/fileon
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A PHP file watcher

0.1.0(9y ago)125MITPHPPHP >=7

Since Aug 17Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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[](#fileon--)

PHP.7 file watcher

Install
-------

[](#install)

using [composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md): `composer require laudeon/fileon`

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

```
use Fileon\Resource;
use Fileon\Watcher;

$resource = new Resource(_DIR_);
$watcher = new Watcher($resource);

$watcher->onNew(function(\SplFileInfo $file){
    //...
});
$watcher->onModified(function(\SplFileInfo $file){
    //...
});

$watcher->watch(function() use ($watcher) {
  if(...) {
      $watcher->stop();
  }
});
```

API
---

[](#api)

### Watcher

[](#watcher)

#### Watcher::\_\_construct(Fileon\\Resource $resource \[, integer $sleep\])

[](#watcher__constructfileonresource-resource--integer-sleep)

- `$resource` is an instance of Fileon\\Resource.
- `$sleep`, optional, is the sleep time on each loop turn of the watcher, in microseconds. Defautl is 1000000

#### Watcher::watch(\[, callable $callback):void

[](#watcherwatch-callable-callbackvoid)

- `$callback` must be a callable argument (function). It will be executed at the end of each loop turn.

#### Watcher::stop():void

[](#watcherstopvoid)

Stop the watcher.

#### Watcher::isStopped():bool

[](#watcherisstoppedbool)

Return the status of the watcher.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

2

Last Release

3604d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0a1527910b4bb8f2d1d3ebb31ed8a251a5133831d67313ace4dbd5f16a9f6092?d=identicon)[laudeon](/maintainers/laudeon)

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Top Contributors

[![loulafripouille](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7914103?v=4)](https://github.com/loulafripouille "loulafripouille (3 commits)")

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Tags

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