The Worker class
(PECL pthreads >= 2.0.0)
Introduction
Worker Threads have a persistent context, as such should be used over Threads in most cases.
When a Worker is started, the run method will be executed, but the Thread will not leave until one of the following conditions are met:
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the Worker goes out of scope (no more references remain)
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the programmer calls shutdown
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the script dies
This means the programmer can reuse the context throughout execution; placing objects on the stack of the Worker will cause the Worker to execute the stacked objects run method.
Class synopsis
Table of Contents
- Worker::collect — Collect references to completed tasks
- Worker::getStacked — Gets the remaining stack size
- Worker::isShutdown — State Detection
- Worker::shutdown — Shutdown the worker
- Worker::stack — Stacking work
- Worker::unstack — Unstacking work