If you run this code successfully, a daemon will be spawned
and stopped directly. You should find a log enty in
/var/log/simple.log
#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php
/**
* System_Daemon turns PHP-CLI scripts into daemons.
*
* PHP version 5
*
* @category System
* @package System_Daemon
* @author Kevin <kevin@vanzonneveld.net>
* @copyright 2008 Kevin van Zonneveld
* @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php New BSD Licence
* @version SVN: Release: $Id: simple.php 276201 2009-02-20 16:55:07Z kvz $
* @link http://trac.plutonia.nl/projects/system_daemon
*/
/**
* System_Daemon Example Code
*
* If you run this code successfully, a daemon will be spawned
* and stopped directly. You should find a log enty in
* /var/log/simple.log
*
*/
// Make it possible to test in source directory
// This is for PEAR developers only
ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path').':..');
// Include Class
error_reporting(E_ALL);
require_once "System/Daemon.php";
// Bare minimum setup
System_Daemon::setOption("appName", "simple");
System_Daemon::setOption("authorEmail", "kevin@vanzonneveld.net");
//System_Daemon::setOption("appDir", dirname(__FILE__));
System_Daemon::log(System_Daemon::LOG_INFO, "Daemon not yet started so ".
"this will be written on-screen");
// Spawn Deamon!
System_Daemon::start();
System_Daemon::log(System_Daemon::LOG_INFO, "Daemon: '".
System_Daemon::getOption("appName").
"' spawned! This will be written to ".
System_Daemon::getOption("logLocation"));
// Your normal PHP code goes here. Only the code will run in the background
// so you can close your terminal session, and the application will
// still run.
System_Daemon::stop();
?>