RE: [PEAR-DEV] PHP_ProcessWatcher

> this is rather "collecting thoughts and optinions" than a proposal. > > However, I've read a comment in a mag about ps-watcher[1], and I liked > the idea, so it came to me writing PHP_ProcessWatcher... :-) > > This package is at an very early development stage, but seems to work > already. It is based on an XML config file and checks running > processes by psing (I know - it runs only on non-Win32). Windows users have the w32api interface. Using the windows api it's possible to determine whether a process is still runing. Currently i've lost the name of the api , but i remember i needed two of them. One to get the ProcessID of a running process, and one to determine the process status (running, cpu time, memory usage, etc). > If you're interested or even annoyed, make some (though I would > appreciate *many* ;-) comments or check it out: I like the idea of checking processes. It's very useful to notify programs which have to check if a process is still running (like a webserver, mailserver or if you wan't to check that a program/service ISN'T running! My database server isn't allowed to run a ftp or mail server (basic security..). Currently BigBrother is taking care of this, but BB can be overkill sometimes.. > http://dev.iworks.at/PEAR/proposals/PHP_ProcessWatcher.html > http://dev.iworks.at/PEAR/PHP_ProcessWatcher-0.1.tgz Didn't had the time to take a look at the code.. Regards, Dave