Class: System_Daemon

void autoload( string $className)

Autoload static method for loading classes and interfaces.

Code from the PHP_CodeSniffer package by Greg Sherwood and Marc McIntyre

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void defaultSigHandler( integer $signo)

Default signal handler.

You can overrule various signals with the setSigHandler() method

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mixed getOption( string $name)

Gets any option found in $_optionDefinitions Public interface to talk with with private option methods

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array getOptions( )

Gets an array of options found

boolean isDying( )

Wether the our daemon is being killed, you might want to include this in your loop

boolean isInBackground( )

Wether the class is already running in the background

boolean isRunning( )

Check if a previous process with same pidfile was already running

boolean log( integer $level, string $str, [string $file = false], [string $class = false], [string $function = false], [integer $line = false])

Almost every deamon requires a log file, this function can facilitate that. Also handles class-generated errors, chooses either PEAR handling or PEAR-independant handling, depending on: self::getOption("usePEAR").

Also supports PEAR_Log if you referenc to a valid instance of it in self::getOption("usePEARLogInstance").

It logs a string according to error levels specified in array: self::$_logLevels (0 is fatal and handles daemon's death)

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boolean setOption( string $name, mixed $value)

Sets any option found in $_optionDefinitions Public interface to talk with with private option methods

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boolean setOptions( array $use_options)

Sets an array of options found in $_optionDefinitions Public interface to talk with with private option methods

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boolean setSigHandler( string $signal, mixed $handler)

Overrule or add signal handlers.

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boolean start( )

Spawn daemon process.

void stop( )

Stop daemon process.

boolean writeAutoRun( [boolean $overwrite = false])

Uses OS class to write an: 'init.d' script on the filesystem

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