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thelevti/phpfork
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PHP process forking library.

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thelevti/phpfork
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[](#thelevtiphpfork)

**[Requirements](#requirements)** | **[Installation](#installation)** | **[Usage](#usage)**

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A simple library to make forking a processes as easy as possible.

`thelevti/phpfork` follows semantic versioning. Read more on [semver.org](https://semver.org).

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Requirements
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[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.2 or above
- [php-pcntl](https://php.net/manual/en/book.pcntl.php) to allow this library forking processes.
- [php-posix](https://php.net/manual/en/book.posix.php) to allow this library getting process information.
- [php-shmop](https://php.net/manual/en/book.shmop.php) to allow this library doing interprocess communication.

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Installation
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[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

To use this library with [composer](https://getcomposer.org), run the following terminal command inside your repository's root folder.

```
composer require "thelevti/phpfork"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This library uses the namespace `TheLevti\phpfork`.

### Example: Basic process forking

[](#example-basic-process-forking)

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