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orkestra/daemon
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Run PHP scripts as a background daemon

1.0.0(13y ago)6201[1 issues](https://github.com/orkestra/orkestra-daemon/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.3.2

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orkestra-daemon
===============

[](#orkestra-daemon)

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Daemonize your PHP scripts to accomplish work in the background.

Note: This library requires that you install the Process Control and POSIX extensions.

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

[](#installation)

The easiest way to add orkestra-common to your project is using composer.

Add orkestra-common to your `composer.json` file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "orkestra/daemon": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Then run `composer install` or `composer update`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Spawning a new worker process using `pcntl_exec`:

```