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spencer-mortensen/parallel-processor
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Run many pieces of code at once, and act on the results as they arrive

3.1.2(8y ago)0107LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 11Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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parallel-processor
==================

[](#parallel-processor)

The "parallel-processor" is a PHP library that lets you run many pieces of code at once--and the act on the results as they arrive.

Here's an example:

```
$processor = new ForkProcessor();

$t0 = microtime(true);

$processor->start(new SleepJob(2, $results[]));
$processor->start(new SleepJob(3, $results[]));
$processor->start(new SleepJob(1, $results[]));

$processor->finish();

$t1 = microtime(true);

echo implode("\n", $results), "\n";
echo "\nTotal time: ", $t1 - $t0, " seconds\n";
```

Here's the output:

```
Slept for 2 seconds.
Slept for 3 seconds.
Slept for 1 seconds.

Total time: 3.0033020973206 seconds

```

You can include this library through Composer:

> composer require [spencer-mortensen/parallel-processor](https://packagist.org/packages/spencer-mortensen/parallel-processor):~2.0

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~40 days

Recently: every ~55 days

Total

9

Last Release

2925d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02017-09-08

2.1.0 → 3.0.02018-01-05

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phpasynchronousprocessingparallelmulti-threaded

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