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pbergman/fifo
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a php posix fifo (named pipes) wrapper to use for ipc

1.0.4(10y ago)32.9k1MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Sep 9Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

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### FIFO (named pipes)

[](#fifo-named-pipes)

A simple wrapper around [posix\_mkfifo](http://php.net/manual/en/function.posix-mkfifo.php) that can send signals and mixed data for ipc. Difference between signals and data is that data will verified and signal only will return the header (with pid and type) and the signal and is basically a stripped version of data to send integers.

\###usage:

```
$object = new \stdClass();
$object->foo = 'bar';
$object->bar = 'foo';

$transport = new \PBergman\FIFO\Transport(posix_getpid());
$transport->write($object);
$transport->signal(SIGINT);

var_dump($transport->read()) // Will return $object;
var_dump($transport->read()) // Will return SIGINT;
var_dump($transport->read()) // Will return false;

```

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~88 days

Total

4

Last Release

3686d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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