EvStat::__construct

Constructs EvStat watcher object

Description

public EvStat::__construct ( string $path , double $interval , callable $callback [, mixed $data = NULL [, int $priority = 0 ]] )

Constructs EvStat watcher object and starts the watcher automatically.

Parameters

path

The path to wait for status changes on.

interval

Hint on how quickly a change is expected to be detected and should normally be specified as 0.0 to let libev choose a suitable value.

callback

See Watcher callbacks .

data

Custom data associated with the watcher.

priority

Watcher priority

Return Values

Returns EvStat watcher object on succes.

Examples

Example #1 Monitor changes of /var/log/messages

<?php
// Use 10 second update interval.
$w = new EvStat("/var/log/messages"8, function ($w) {
 echo 
"/var/log/messages changed\n";

 
$attr $w->attr();

 if (
$attr['nlink']) {
  
printf("Current size: %ld\n"$attr['size']);
  
printf("Current atime: %ld\n"$attr['atime']);
  
printf("Current mtime: %ld\n"$attr['mtime']);
 } else {
  
fprintf(STDERR"`messages` file is not there!");
  
$w->stop();
 }
});

Ev::run();
?>