Re: Wait till file contents changed

Thank you Jasper ... On Nov 07 16, Jasper Kips : > To: PHP List <php-general@lists.php.net> > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 17:29:18 +0100 > From: Jasper Kips <jasper@planetkips.nl> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Wait till file contents changed > > Create a file handle, $handle = fopen($filename, ‘r’, ), create a variable, $busy = true, > then create a loop. while busy, $contents = fread($handle, 1 ), if $contents is 1 set busy to false. > However, the elegant solution would be: > <path to php>/php <path to file to execute> > at te end of the script. > > Jasper Kips > ______________________________________ > Telefoon: + 31 6 25 37 83 34 > E-mail: jasper@planetkips.nl > > > > > > Op 7 nov. 2016, om 16:19 heeft Danny <mynixmail@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to figure out a way to do the following: > > > > I have a cli script that has to wait untill the contents of a file has changed > > from a "0" to a "1". > > > > If it is a "0", the script must wait, if it is changed to a "1" the > > script must > > continue. The "0" and "1" is written by a BASH script. > > > > When the bash script is run , it echo's a "0" into the file to tell php > > that the > > process has started and php should wait untill the process is finished which > > occurs when the BASH script echo's a "1" into the same file. > > > > Any pointers? > > > > Thank you > > > > Danny > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >