We all know PHP was initially made for the Web, but it is very simple to use it to create CLI scripts and even daemon processes. Of course we should always assess the right languages and tools for every project, but we can leverage of reusing backend PHP code and the current experience of our development team! We will see how to:
- create these CLI scripts by dealing with the arguments and command routing;
- use PCNTL to manage process creation and execution;
- truly create threads with the redesigned pthreads lib.