Re: [VOTE] True Async RFC 1.6

> Edmond Dantes <edmond.ht@gmail.com> hat am 22.11.2025 14:55 CET geschrieben: > > > > So I guess you want to use spawn() in a similar way as call_user_func() works. > yes > > > This changes the behavior of file_get_contents() from the outside > No. > > ```php > function file_get_contents(string $filename): string > { > $fh = fopen(); > > // It creates an EPOLL event so it can wake us when the data > becomes available. > $event = ReactorAPI.create_event_from($fh); > $waker = Scheduler.getCurrentWaker(); > // Event Driven logic inside. > $waker.add_event($event, function() use($waker) { > // Wakeup this coroutine > $waker.wake(); > }); > > // suspend current coroutine > // zz..... z..... > Scheduler.suspend(); > > // Continue here after the IO event > > // Now we have date, return > return fread($fh, ....); > } > ``` > > This is pseudocode. You can assume it always works. > If you call file_get_contents directly, it behaves the same > way. > So it does not matter where file_get_contents is called. > Since all PHP code together with TrueAsync runs inside coroutines, > file_get_contents will suspend the coroutine in which it was > invoked. > > When you call spawn, you simply run the function in another > coroutine, not in your own. But spawn has no effect on > file_get_contents. > > We’re not at risk of DataRace yet :) We don’t have multithreading. > And most likely it won’t appear anytime soon. > // Continue here after the IO event From my understanding, the code does not continue if there is no io event? Will it use default_socket_timeout from php.ini and/or use the timeout specified in the stream context? Can I mix sync IO and async IO in one function? e.g. if the server uses a mixed storage of SSDs and HDDs and I only want async io for the SSDs? Best Regards Thomas