PHP DAEMON

Need to run a PHP “service” or script in the background? Send out emails, free memory, or monitor something? An easy alternative way to do all of those things is a PHP daemon directly executed on CMD/CLI.

Config parameters

Run in the command line –> php fileName.PHP

If you have issue running the php command, add php to your path on system environment variables.

If you want the script to run infinitely:

    while (true) { /* DO SOMETHING */ sleep(1); }

Wait 5s between cycles, here you can edit the time the script has to be executed if the script is enabled to run infinitely.

    define("CYCLE_PAUSE", 5);

Here is the basic use:

// include CMD/CLI script, if not included this wont work by CMD/CLI
require "cli.php";
// pause between cycles
define("CYCLE_PAUSE", 5);
// do something code
while (true) {
  echo "PHP rules!" . PHP_EOL;
  sleep(CYCLE_PAUSE);
}

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b your-branch
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin your-branch
5. Submit a PR

Creator

• Yomerengues

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