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watcherphp/watcher
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Watcher: Effortlessly Track and Manage Your File Changes Seamlessly

20PHP

Since Nov 9Pushed 6mo ago1 watchersCompare

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

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### Full Code:

[](#full-code)

```
$file = $argv[1];

$lastModified = filemtime($file);

echo "Watching $file for changes...\n";

while(true){
    clearstatcache();

    $currentModified = filemtime($file);

    if ($currentModified !== $lastModified) {
        echo "File changed, restarting script...\n";

        shell_exec("php $file");

        $lastModified = $currentModified;
    }

    sleep(1);
}
```

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### File Watch Run

[](#file-watch-run)

```
php watch index.php
```

###  Health Score

18

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LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance47

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity13

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/14ee8bc204856d2c784a628778d5ae25e5ef14052cce198ca3a7943574832260?d=identicon)[CodeWithSushil](/maintainers/CodeWithSushil)

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Top Contributors

[![CodeWithSushil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94827178?v=4)](https://github.com/CodeWithSushil "CodeWithSushil (15 commits)")

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Tags

filewatcherphp-filewatcherwatcherwatcherphp

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