GearmanClient::addTask

(PECL gearman >= 0.5.0)

Add a task to be run in parallel

public GearmanTask GearmanClient::addTask ( string $function_name, string $workload [, mixed &$context [, string $unique ]] )

Adds a task to be run in parallel with other tasks. Call this method for all the tasks to be run in parallel, then call GearmanClient::runTasks() to perform the work. Note that enough workers need to be available for the tasks to all run in parallel.

Parameters:

function_name

A registered function the worker is to execute

workload

Serialized data to be processed

context

Application context to associate with a task

unique

A unique ID used to identify a particular task

Returns:

A GearmanTask object or FALSE if the task could not be added.

Examples:

Basic submission of two tasks

<?php
 
# Create our gearman client
$gmclient= new GearmanClient(); 
 
# add the default job server
$gmclient->addServer(); 
 
# set a function to be called when the work is complete
$gmclient->setCompleteCallback("complete"); 
 
# add a task to perform the "reverse" function on the string "Hello World!"
$gmclient->addTask("reverse", "Hello World!", null, "1"); 
 
# add another task to perform the "reverse" function on the string "!dlroW olleH"
$gmclient->addTask("reverse", "!dlroW olleH", null, "2"); 
 
# run the tasks
$gmclient->runTasks(); 
 
function complete($task) 
{ 
  print "COMPLETE: " . $task->unique() . ", " . $task->data() . "\n"; 
}
 
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

COMPLETE: 2, Hello World!
COMPLETE: 1, !dlroW olleH

Basic submission of two tasks with passing application context

<?php
 
$client = new GearmanClient();
$client->addServer();
 
# set a function to be called when the work is complete
$client->setCompleteCallback("reverse_complete");
 
# Add some tasks for a placeholder of where to put the results
$results = array();
$client->addTask("reverse", "Hello World!", &$results, "t1");
$client->addTask("reverse", "!dlroW olleH", &$results, "t2");
 
$client->runTasks();
 
# The results should now be filled in from the callbacks
foreach ($results as $id => $result)
   echo $id . ": " . $result['handle'] . ", " . $result['data'] . "\n";
 
 
function reverse_complete($task, $results)
{
   $results[$task->unique()] = array("handle"=>$task->jobHandle(), "data"=>$task->data());
}
 
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

t2: H.foo:21, Hello World!
t1: H:foo:22, !dlroW olleH