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tapat4n/fork
============

Fork manager for php

0.0.1(3y ago)05MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Aug 5Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/tapat4n/fork)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/tapat4n/fork)[ RSS](/packages/tapat4n-fork/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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Fork manager
============

[](#fork-manager)

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What is it?
-----------

[](#what-is-it)

PHP library for forking process and multitasking

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Example usage](#example-usage)

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

[](#installation)

PHP 8.1 is required

The [pcntl](http://php.net/pcntl) extension is required.

The [posix](http://php.net/posix) extension is required.

```
$ composer require tapat4n/fork
```

Example usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

```
use Tapat4n\Fork\ForkManager;
use Tapat4n\Fork\Message\MessageInterface;

$manager = new ForkManager();
$i = 0;

$manager->addWorker(function (MessageInterface $message) use ($i) {
    $message->set(++$i);
});

$manager->addWorker(function (MessageInterface $message) use ($i) {
    $content = '';
    while ($i < 1000) {
        $content .= $i;
        $i++;
    }
    $message->set($content);
}, true); // set true to detach process

$manager->dispatch();

var_dump($manager->getMessages());
var_dump($manager->getMessagesContent());
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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

1382d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/909bb9d0cfc989d6f854a723942386f3c9a6e48e4fceba529ca81977afe3fedf?d=identicon)[tapat4n](/maintainers/tapat4n)

---

Top Contributors

[![tapat4n](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/33717595?v=4)](https://github.com/tapat4n "tapat4n (37 commits)")

---

Tags

phplibraryprocessforkThreadpcntlshmop

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Type Coverage Yes

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