GearmanWorker::work

(PECL gearman >= 0.5.0)

Wait for and perform jobs

public bool GearmanWorker::work ( void )

Waits for a job to be assigned and then calls the appropriate callback function. Issues an E_WARNING with the last Gearman error if the return code is not one of GEARMAN_SUCCESS, GEARMAN_IO_WAIT, or GEARMAN_WORK_FAIL.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

GearmanWorker::work() example

<?php

# create the worker
$worker = new GearmanWorker(); 

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

# add the reverse function
$worker->addFunction("reverse", "my_reverse_function"); 

# start te worker listening for job submissions
while ($worker->work()); 
 
function my_reverse_function($job) 
{ 
  return strrev($job->workload()); 
}

?>