andrewfenn/pid-helper

A small helper class used to help you check if code is still running

PID Helper

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Just a small helper class designed to allow you to easily keep track of code that is already running so that it doesn't run twice., _(*3)

Why yet another PID helper class?

I wanted a process checker that did things properly on linux. It uses the /proc interface to see if the process is still running. On OSX it uses the ps command., _(*4)

There is no windows support in this library. If you'd like to add it then please submit a pull request that does something similar to the OSX or Linux implementations., _(*5)

How to install

Add the following to your composer.json file and run composer update., _(*6)

    "require": {
        "andrewfenn/pid-helper": "0.1.0"
    }

How to use

To use it call the code as shown below. This class will check that the process id is still running or not., _(*7)

<?php
use PidHelper/PidHelper;

$pidHelper = new PidHelper('/path/to/dir/', 'process.pid');

if (!$pidHelper->lock()) {
    exit("Script Running\n");
}

// .... Your code ....

// Optional
$pidHelper->unlock();