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slince/process
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The process wrapper and manager based on pcntl and posix.

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Process Library
===============

[](#process-library)

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The library help to work with processes. It provides a more readable api and various modes for IPC via pipe(FIFO) and system v.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Install via composer

```
composer require slince/process
```

Dependencies
============

[](#dependencies)

The library replies on the following php's extension.

- ext-pcntl. Provides control processes (MUST)
- ext-sysvshm. Porvides system v shared memory (OPTIONAL)
- ext-sysvsem. Porvides system v semaphore (OPTIONAL)
- ext-sysmsg. Porvides system v message queue (OPTIONAL)

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Basic usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
$process = new Slince\Process\Process(function(){
    echo 'hello, my pid is ' . getmypid();
});
$process->start();

var_dump($process->isRunning()); // echo true
var_dump($process->getPid()); // will output the pid of child process
//do something other

$process->wait(); //waiting for the process to exit
```

Sends signal to the process
---------------------------

[](#sends-signal-to-the-process)

> Note: If your php version is less than 7.1, please add the statement `declare(ticks=1);` at the beginning of the file:

```
$process = new Slince\Process\Process(function(){
    Slince\Process\Process::current()->signal([SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2], function(){
        echo 'trigger signal';
    });
    echo 'hello, my pid is ' . getmypid();
});
$process->start();
$process->signal(SIGUSER1);
//do something
$process->wait();
```

Shared memory
-------------

[](#shared-memory)

```
$memory = new Slince\Process\SystemV\SharedMemory();
$memory->set('foo', 'bar');
var_dump($memory->get('foo'));
```

The default size of shared memory is the sysvshm.init\_mem in the php.ini, otherwise 10000 bytes. You can adjust this.

```
$memory = new Slince\Process\SystemV\SharedMemory(__FILE__, '5M'); //Adjusts to 5m
```

Semaphore
---------

[](#semaphore)

```
$semaphore = new Slince\Process\SystemV\Semaphore();
$semaphore->acquire(); //Acquires a lock
// do something
$semaphore->release() //Releases a lock
```

Message queue
-------------

[](#message-queue)

```
$queue  = new Slince\Process\SystemV\MessageQueue();
$queue->send('hello');
echo $queue->receive(); //Will output hello
```

Fifo
----

[](#fifo)

```
$writeFifo = new Slince\Process\Pipe\WritableFifo('/tmp/test.pipe');
$writeFifo->write('some message');
$readFifo = new Slince\Process\Pipe\ReadableFifo('/tmp/test.pipe');
echo $readFifo->read();
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT license. See [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

3350d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

child-processfifoforkpcntlpipeposixprocesssemaphoreshared-memorysystem-vposixprocesssemaphorepipeforkpcntlshared memorychild-processsystem v

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