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romeoz/rock-mq
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Unified API for message queue services

0.10.0(10y ago)2151MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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A message queue API for PHP
===========================

[](#a-message-queue-api-for-php)

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[Rock MQ on Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/romeOz/rock-mq)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Background sending
- Pub/Sub
- Non-blocking
- Module for [Rock Framework](https://github.com/romeOz/rock)

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

[](#installation)

From the Command Line:

`composer require romeoz/rock-mq:*@dev`

In your composer.json:

```
{
    "require": {
        "romeoz/rock-mq": "*@dev"
    }
}
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

Run broker:

```
php tests/data/mq/rabbit/simple_server.php &

```

Code:

```
use rock\mq\RabbitQueue;

$rabbit = new RabbitQueue();
$rabbit->send('test'); // result: "Hi! I am server: test"

// or background

$rabbit->sendBackground('test');
```

\####Pub/Sub

Run broker:

```
php tests/data/mq/rabbit/pub_server.php &

```

Code:

```
use rock\mq\RabbitQueue;

$rabbit = new RabbitQueue();
$rabbit->blocking = false;
$rabbit->type = 'direct';
$rabbit->exchange = 'direct_test';

$rabbit->subscribe('foo'); // result: "Hi! I am server: foo"
```

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

[](#requirements)

- **PHP 5.4+**
- [Gearman](http://gearman.org/) should be installed `apt-get install  libgearman7`. Also, should be installed [PHP extension](http://pecl.php.net/package/gearman) `apt-get install php5-gearman`
- [RabbitMQ](http://www.rabbitmq.com/) should be installed `apt-get install rabbitmq-server`.
- [ZeroMQ](http://zeromq.org/) should be installed `apt-get install libzmq3`. Also, should be installed [PHP extension](http://pecl.php.net/package/zmq) `apt-get install php-zmq`

> Note: if you have problems with the installation, then see config [.travis](https://github.com/romeOz/rock/tree/master/tests/data/travis).

License
-------

[](#license)

A message queue API is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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

3992d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/23c5d84a59845d751cb69f5469986579b9312c54c898b366fefdc05baaa80a9c?d=identicon)[romeOz](/maintainers/romeOz)

---

Top Contributors

[![romeOz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3135712?v=4)](https://github.com/romeOz "romeOz (20 commits)")

---

Tags

rabbitmqMQmessage queuegearmanzeromq

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