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phpninjas/signal
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v0.1.0(10y ago)017PHPPHP >=5.5

Since Jul 25Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Signal
======

[](#signal)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

pcntl library is REQUIRED for this to work.

Trapping Signals
----------------

[](#trapping-signals)

```
// Simple message trap
Signal::trap(Signal::USR2, function()use(){
    echo "caught a signal!";
});

```

Blocking/Unblocking Signals
---------------------------

[](#blockingunblocking-signals)

```
// Allows you to effectively ignore POSIX signals from the OS (except for KILL obviously)
Signal::block([Signal::USR2]);
Signal::unblock([Signal::USR2]);

```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3672d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/460cc058bda3ffbaade325c31806d0c9a677e9f605f22b1d191485d24677c8e3?d=identicon)[james.turner.phpninja@gmail.com](/maintainers/james.turner.phpninja@gmail.com)

---

Top Contributors

[![james-turner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/437893?v=4)](https://github.com/james-turner "james-turner (4 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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