PHP Manual: Add a task to be run in parallel

Description

public GearmanTask GearmanClient::addTask ( string $function_name , string $workload [, mixed &$context [, string $unique ]] )

Adds a task to be run in parallel with other tasks. Call this method for all the tasks to be run in parallel, then call GearmanClient::runTasks to perform the work. Note that enough workers need to be available for the tasks to all run in parallel.

Parameters

function_name: A registered function the worker is to execute
workload: Serialized data to be processed
context: Application context to associate with a task
unique: A unique ID used to identify a particular task

Return Values

A GearmanTask object or FALSE if the task could not be added.

Examples

Example #1 Basic submission of two tasks


<?php

# Create our gearman client
$gmclient= new GearmanClient(); 

# add the default job server
$gmclient->addServer(); 

# set a function to be called when the work is complete
$gmclient->setCompleteCallback("complete"); 

# add a task to perform the "reverse" function on the string "Hello World!"
$gmclient->addTask("reverse", "Hello World!", null, "1"); 

# add another task to perform the "reverse" function on the string "!dlroW olleH"
$gmclient->addTask("reverse", "!dlroW olleH", null, "2"); 

# run the tasks
$gmclient->runTasks(); 

function complete($task) 
{ 
  print "COMPLETE: " . $task->unique() . ", " . $task->data() . "\n"; 
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

COMPLETE: 2, Hello World!
COMPLETE: 1, !dlroW olleH

Example #2 Basic submission of two tasks with passing application context


<?php

$client = new GearmanClient();
$client->addServer();

# set a function to be called when the work is complete
$client->setCompleteCallback("reverse_complete");

# Add some tasks for a placeholder of where to put the results
$results = array();
$client->addTask("reverse", "Hello World!", &$results, "t1");
$client->addTask("reverse", "!dlroW olleH", &$results, "t2");

$client->runTasks();

# The results should now be filled in from the callbacks
foreach ($results as $id => $result)
   echo $id . ": " . $result['handle'] . ", " . $result['data'] . "\n";


function reverse_complete($task, $results)
{
   $results[$task->unique()] = array("handle"=>$task->jobHandle(), "data"=>$task->data());
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

t2: H.foo:21, Hello World!
t1: H:foo:22, !dlroW olleH

GearmanClient::addTask

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