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:

    • the Worker goes out of scope (no more references remain)

    • the programmer calls shutdown

    • 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

    classWorkerextendsThreadimplementsTraversable, Countable, ArrayAccess {
    publiccollect(Callable$collector = ?): int
    publicgetStacked(): int
    publicisShutdown(): bool
    publicshutdown(): bool
    publicstack(Threaded&$work): int
    publicunstack(): int
    publicThread::getCreatorId(): int
    publicstaticThread::getCurrentThread(): Thread
    publicstaticThread::getCurrentThreadId(): int
    publicThread::getThreadId(): int
    publicThread::isJoined(): bool
    publicThread::isStarted(): bool
    publicThread::join(): bool
    publicThread::start(int$options = ?): bool
    }

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