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php-alchemist/barbas
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PHP daemon library

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Barbas
======

[](#barbas)

PHP Daemon

Abstract
--------

[](#abstract)

Barbas the PHP Daemon was started as a proof of concept for an old project for which a cron job just wasn't the right. The idea was to create a way to daemon-ize a PHP process.

With recent changes to PHP optimizing the runtime has allowed for this idea to be dusted off.

State
-----

[](#state)

Barbas is currently in an active development state

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

Within the `examples` folder, there are two folders. First, is a simplified usage, and second a classBased daemon.

### Simplified

[](#simplified)

The simplified usage where only core functionality exists within the execute function and the daemonization is done in the file.

### Class Based

[](#class-based)

The classBased example encapsulates the daemonization into the execute functionality. Which is typically more memory intensive, especially if used within a framework.

Docs
----

[](#docs)

### Daemon Structure

[](#daemon-structure)

#### construct

[](#construct)

Accepts two variables sleepTime and timeLimit.

- sleepTime - default: 600 (ten minutes in seconds) -- the amount of time between each execution
- timeLimit - default: 0 -- the time limit before script times out

#### configure

[](#configure)

Any prework configuration goes here

#### execute

[](#execute)

Location for the scope of work to be done should exist here.

#### Other methods

[](#other-methods)

Developers can implement their own methods to insert other objects or set variables for use on the class.

### Usage

[](#usage)

Create your own Daemon class by either extending `\PHPAlchemist\Barbas\AbstractDaemon` or implementing `\PHPAlchemist\Barbas\Contract\DaemonInterface`

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

938d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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