Package Proposal: PHP::Forking_Thread

Hi all, just a repost of my package "Thread". I've given a little polish to code, some other comments and over all some good usage example; the use of this class is not much intuitive, so examples are a must... I'm thinking about renaming the package into PHP::Forking_Thread, so it should be clever than no real threading is done, but only an emulation thru the forking system call. Some links to the latest code snapshots: http://www.lucamariano.it/packages/threadClass.phps (the class) http://www.lucamariano.it/packages/basic.phps (basic example, I use this as a regression test...) http://www.lucamariano.it/packages/passing_vars.phps (sharing variables between threads) http://www.lucamariano.it/packages/exec_methods.phps (launch methods over the threads and return results to parent) However I still use this class for some of my customers, I've implemented a NNTP binary grabber as backend for a big usenet provider; this application make use of threadClass.php, scan about 200 binary newsgroups, search them for images, download and categorize them. All using a standalone PHP server running 8-10 parallel "Threads". This provider was previously using a Win32 app (NewsBin) under wine; my PHP server uses 1/10 of system resources, runs faster and ensure reliability to the back-end (and so to the website). I think too much PHP developers only use the web SAPI, while the CLI is an excellent programming environment; by using this class, parallel execution server can be easily written in PHP. Luca Mariano Ing. Luca Mariano ---------------------------------------- - email: luca.mariano@email.it - cell: 347/56.03.614 - web: http://lucamariano.f2g.net ---------------------------------------- -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Il pacchetto grandi storici - 18 volumi , gli scrittori latini e greci Sconto del 55% sul prezzo di mercato. Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=1907&d=24-10