PHP Fibers | Tomasz Turkowski

Discover the power of PHP Fibers, a simple mechanism for multitasking in PHP, allowing for asynchronous execution and cooperative multitasking, but not for direct developer use.

Key takeaways

PHP Fibers are a simple mechanism allowing for multitasking in PHP.
Fibers are not threads, but similar to coroutines or green threads.
Fibers are not intended for direct use by developers, but to be used with a scheduler or library.
The start method begins the fiber’s execution, and the suspend method pauses the fiber’s execution.
Fibers can be used to create asynchronous functions that can be suspended and resumed.
The isRunning, isSuspended, and isTerminated methods can be used to check the current state of a fiber.
Fibers are not blocking, but they can pause the entire execution stack.
The resume method is used to continue the execution of a suspended fiber.
Fibers can be used to run code asynchronously, but they are not meant to be used directly by developers.
PHP has a built-in fiber class, but it is still experimental and has limitations.
The yield method is not available in PHP Fibers, unlike in other languages.
Fibers can be used to create cooperative multitasking in PHP.
The main benefit of using Fibers is to separate the execution of code from the main execution stack.
Fibers are designed to be used in conjunction with a scheduler or library to achieve asynchronous execution.
The author is not aware of any current libraries or schedulers available for PHP Fibers.

PHP Fibers | Tomasz Turkowski

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