<?php
 
 
/**
 
 * 
 
 * @desc This is example of using class ScriptAlone. 
 
 *
 
 * Example task: you have a live queue of emails(for example in DB) that must
 
 *               be sent as soon as possible.
 
 *
 
 * 1. You need to have some PHP-script that will check if there are any emails 
 
 *    in queue, and if yes so send them.
 
 * 2. This PHP-script must be runned all time, and check queue every second.
 
 * 3. Only one instance of this PHP-script can be runned, to be shure that one
 
 *    email was not sent twice.
 
 * 4. PHP-script can be interrupted in any moment by some error, so in this 
 
 *    case it must be restarted as soon as possible.
 
 * 5. PHP-script can have a bug on some iteration, mean: it will be lunched
 
 *    but not sending emails, so in this case it must be restarted as soon 
 
 *    as possible.
 
 * 6. PHP-script should be restarted every 5-10 hours to prevent memory leaks
 
 *    and do it in safe way (when all current tasks are complete)
 
 * 7. Ability to stop script in any moment.
 
 *
 
 * What you do:
 
 * 1. Use ScriptAlone in way like in this PHP-script.
 
 * 2. Configure CRON(http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron) that will lunch this 
 
 *    PHP-script every 5 minutes.
 
 *
 
 * What you have:
 
 * 1. Script will be runned all time, and checked emails every second.
 
 * 2. There will be only one instance of runned script.
 
 * 3. Script will be restarted if there will be any errors or iteration time
 
 *    limit expire.
 
 * 3. Script will be restarted in safe way every 5 hours.
 
 * 4. You can any time check if script is runned by checking existing file
 
 *    with $stateFilepath path (./examples.php.works)
 
 * 5. You can any time stop runned script by creating file with path
 
 *    $stateFilepath.'.stop'  (./examples.php.works.stop).
 
 * 6. All script restarts takes maximum 5 minutes (because of CRON try to run
 
 *    next script instance every 5 minute).
 
 * 
 
 * @see http://code.google.com/p/dabase
 
 * @author Barbushin Sergey http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbushin
 
 * 
 
 */
 
 
 
// example function that sends emails from queue 
 
function sendEmailsFromQueue($limit) {
 
    // ... send some emails from queue
 
    return mt_rand(0, 3); // return count of sent emails
 
}
 
 
function _debug($message) {
 
    echo $message.'<br />';
 
    flush();
 
}
 
 
define('PAUSE_SECONDS_ON_EMPTY_QUEUE', 1);
 
define('EMAILS_GET_FROM_QUEUE', 5);
 
define('MAX_SECONDS_TO_SEND_ONE_EMAIL', 3);
 
$withoutNotifyLifetime =  EMAILS_GET_FROM_QUEUE * MAX_SECONDS_TO_SEND_ONE_EMAIL + PAUSE_SECONDS_ON_EMPTY_QUEUE;
 
 
$stateFilepath = __FILE__.'.works';
 
$scriptLifetime = 60*60*5;
 
 
// if FALSE so you should check $scriptAlone->isReadyToStop() every time
 
// if TRUE so checking of $scriptAlone->isReadyToStop() will be doing automaticly in every calling of $scriptAlone->notifyItWorks()
 
//         and if $scriptAlone->isReadyToStop() == true, so $scriptAlone->notifyItWorks() will throw exception of class ScriptAlone_Stopped
 
$stopOnReadyToStop = false; 
 
 
require_once('ScriptAlone.php');
 
$scriptAlone = new ScriptAlone($stateFilepath, $withoutNotifyLifetime, $scriptLifetime, $stopOnReadyToStop);
 
 
_debug('script is runned, you can see it by created file'.$stateFilepath);
 
 
while (!$scriptAlone->isReadyToStop()) {
 
    _debug('sendEmailsFromQueue');
 
    if (!sendEmailsFromQueue(EMAILS_GET_FROM_QUEUE)) {
 
        _debug('sleep');
 
        sleep(PAUSE_SECONDS_ON_EMPTY_QUEUE);
 
    }
 
    _debug('notifyItWorks');
 
    $scriptAlone->notifyItWorks();
 
}
 
 
_debug('done');
 
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