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roymustang86
roymustang86

Reputation: 8593

Is there some sort of threading available in php?

I have a php script which queries a list of clients from a mysql database, and goes to each client's IP address and picks up some information which is then displayed on the webpage.

But, it takes a long time, if the number of clients is too high. Is there anyway, I can send those url requests (file_get_contents) in parallel?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 391

Answers (2)

Treffynnon
Treffynnon

Reputation: 21563

I would use something like Gearman to assign them as jobs in a queue for workers to come along and complete if this needs to scale.

As another option I have also written a PHP wrapper for the Unix at queue, which might be a fit for this problem. It would allow you to schedule the requests so that they can run in parallel. I have used this method successfully in the past to handle the sending of bulk email, which has similar blocking problems to your script.

Upvotes: 1

user562854
user562854

Reputation:

Lineke Kerckhoffs-Willems wrote a good article about Multithreading in PHP with CURL. You can use that instead of file_get_contents() to get needed information.

Upvotes: 2

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