src/Lifo/IPC/ProcessPool.php
protected function create($func /*, ...*/)
    {
        // create a socket pair before forking so our child process can write to the PARENT.
        $sockets = array();
        $domain = strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) == 'WIN' ? AF_INET : AF_UNIX;
        if (socket_create_pair($domain, SOCK_STREAM, 0, $sockets) === false) {
            throw new \RuntimeException("socket_create_pair failed: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
        }
        list($child, $parent) = $sockets; // just to make the code below more readable
        unset($sockets);

        $args = array_merge(array($parent), array_slice(func_get_args(), 1));

        $this->init();                  // make sure signal handler is installed

        if ($this->fork && function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
            $pid = pcntl_fork();
            if ($pid == -1) {
                throw new \RuntimeException("Could not fork");
            }

            if ($pid > 0) {
                // PARENT PROCESS; Just track the child and return
                socket_close($parent);
                $this->workers[$pid] = array(
                    'pid' => $pid,
                    'socket' => $child,
                );
                // don't pass $parent to callback
                $this->doOnCreate(array_slice($args, 1));

                // If a SIGCHLD was already caught at this point we need to
                // manually handle it to avoid a defunct process.
                if (isset($this->caught[$pid])) {
                    $this->reaper($pid, $this->caught[$pid]);
                    unset($this->caught[$pid]);
                }
            } else {
                // CHILD PROCESS; execute the callback function and wait for response
                socket_close($child);
                try {
                    if ($func instanceof ProcessInterface) {
                        $result = call_user_func_array(array($func, 'run'), $args);
                    } else {
                        $result = call_user_func_array($func, $args);
                    }
                    if ($result !== null) {
                        self::socket_send($parent, $result);
                    }
                } catch (\Exception $e) {
                    // this is kind of useless in a forking context but at
                    // least the developer can see the exception if it occurs.
                    throw $e;
                }
                exit(0);
            }
        } else {
            // forking is disabled so we simply run the child worker and wait
            // synchronously for response.
            try {
                if ($func instanceof ProcessInterface) {
                    $result = call_user_func_array(array($func, 'run'), $args);
                } else {
                    $result = call_user_func_array($func, $args);
                }
                if ($result !== null) {
                    //$this->results[] = $result;
                    self::socket_send($parent, $result);
                }

                // read anything pending from the worker if they chose to write
                // to the socket instead of just returning a value.
                $x = null;
                do {
                    $read = array($child);
                    $ok = socket_select($read, $x, $x, 0);
                    if ($ok !== false and $ok > 0) {
                        $res = self::socket_fetch($read[0]);
                        if ($res !== null) {
                            $this->results[] = $res;
                        }
                    }
                } while ($ok);

            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                // nop; we didn't fork so let the caller handle it
                throw $e;
            }
        }
    }
protected function create($func /*, ...*/)
    {
        // create a socket pair before forking so our child process can write to the PARENT.
        $sockets = array();
        $domain = strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) == 'WIN' ? AF_INET : AF_UNIX;
        if (socket_create_pair($domain, SOCK_STREAM, 0, $sockets) === false) {
            throw new \RuntimeException("socket_create_pair failed: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
        }
        list($child, $parent) = $sockets; // just to make the code below more readable
        unset($sockets);

        $args = array_merge(array($parent), array_slice(func_get_args(), 1));

        $this->init();                  // make sure signal handler is installed

        if ($this->fork && function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
            $pid = pcntl_fork();
            if ($pid == -1) {
                throw new \RuntimeException("Could not fork");
            }

            if ($pid > 0) {
                // PARENT PROCESS; Just track the child and return
                socket_close($parent);
                $this->workers[$pid] = array(
                    'pid' => $pid,
                    'socket' => $child,
                );
                // don't pass $parent to callback
                $this->doOnCreate(array_slice($args, 1));

                // If a SIGCHLD was already caught at this point we need to
                // manually handle it to avoid a defunct process.
                if (isset($this->caught[$pid])) {
                    $this->reaper($pid, $this->caught[$pid]);
                    unset($this->caught[$pid]);
                }
            } else {
                // CHILD PROCESS; execute the callback function and wait for response
                socket_close($child);
                try {
                    if ($func instanceof ProcessInterface) {
                        $result = call_user_func_array(array($func, 'run'), $args);
                    } else {
                        $result = call_user_func_array($func, $args);
                    }
                    if ($result !== null) {
                        self::socket_send($parent, $result);
                    }
                } catch (\Exception $e) {
                    // this is kind of useless in a forking context but at
                    // least the developer can see the exception if it occurs.
                    throw $e;
                }
                exit(0);
            }
        } else {
            // forking is disabled so we simply run the child worker and wait
            // synchronously for response.
            try {
                if ($func instanceof ProcessInterface) {
                    $result = call_user_func_array(array($func, 'run'), $args);
                } else {
                    $result = call_user_func_array($func, $args);
                }
                if ($result !== null) {
                    //$this->results[] = $result;
                    self::socket_send($parent, $result);
                }

                // read anything pending from the worker if they chose to write
                // to the socket instead of just returning a value.
                $x = null;
                do {
                    $read = array($child);
                    $ok = socket_select($read, $x, $x, 0);
                    if ($ok !== false and $ok > 0) {
                        $res = self::socket_fetch($read[0]);
                        if ($res !== null) {
                            $this->results[] = $res;
                        }
                    }
                } while ($ok);

            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                // nop; we didn't fork so let the caller handle it
                throw $e;
            }
        }
    }
Create a new worker.

If forking is disabled this will BLOCK.

@param Closure $func Callback function.
@param mixed Any extra parameters are passed to the callback function.
@throws \RuntimeException if the child can not be forked.