On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Dennis Hotson <dennis.hot...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I use pcntl_fork() for writing parallel multi-process applications and it > works pretty well. > Also, you can use shared memory queues to pass messages between processes > (ie msg_get_queue()). > > I wrote a little proof of concept library a while ago to demonstrate: > http://github.com/dhotson/Phork > > It's not that complicated... the main part of it is only ~110 lines of > code: > http://github.com/dhotson/Phork/blob/master/classes/Phork/Process.php > > Regards, > Dennis > > Yes, the pcntl_fork does exists, but there are some things that better with threading: * support on windows * easier inter-process/inter-thread communication/data passing. * threads are cheaper Tyrael
