EvTimer::__construct

(PECL ev >= 0.2.0)

EvTimer::__constructConstructs an EvTimer watcher object

Description

public EvTimer::__construct(
     float $after ,
     float $repeat ,
     callable $callback ,
     mixed $data = null ,
     int $priority = 0
)

Constructs an EvTimer watcher object.

Parameters

after

Configures the timer to trigger after after seconds.

repeat

If repeat is 0.0 , then it will automatically be stopped once the timeout is reached. If it is positive, then the timer will automatically be configured to trigger again every repeat seconds later, until stopped manually.

callback

See Watcher callbacks .

data

Custom data associated with the watcher.

priority

Watcher priority

Examples

Example #1 Simple timers

<?php
// Create and start timer firing after 2 seconds
$w1 = new EvTimer(2, 0, function () {
echo
"2 seconds elapsed\n";
});

// Create and launch timer firing after 2 seconds repeating each second
// until we manually stop it
$w2 = new EvTimer(2, 1, function ($w) {
echo
"is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds\n";
echo
"iteration = ", Ev::iteration(), PHP_EOL;

// Stop the watcher after 5 iterations
Ev::iteration() == 5 and $w->stop();
// Stop the watcher if further calls cause more than 10 iterations
Ev::iteration() >= 10 and $w->stop();
});

// Create stopped timer. It will be inactive until we start it ourselves
$w_stopped = EvTimer::createStopped(10, 5, function($w) {
echo
"Callback of a timer created as stopped\n";

// Stop the watcher after 2 iterations
Ev::iteration() >= 2 and $w->stop();
});

// Loop until Ev::stop() is called or all of watchers stop
Ev::run();

// Start and look if it works
$w_stopped->start();
echo
"Run single iteration\n";
Ev::run(Ev::RUN_ONCE);

echo
"Restart the second watcher and try to handle the same events, but don't block\n";
$w2->again();
Ev::run(Ev::RUN_NOWAIT);

$w = new EvTimer(10, 0, function() {});
echo
"Running a blocking loop\n";
Ev::run();
echo
"END\n";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

2 seconds elapsed
is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
iteration = 1
is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
iteration = 2
is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
iteration = 3
is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
iteration = 4
is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
iteration = 5
Run single iteration
Callback of a timer created as stopped
Restart the second watcher and try to handle the same events, but don't block
Running a blocking loop
is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
iteration = 8
is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
iteration = 9
is called every second, is launched after 2 seconds
iteration = 10
END
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Jayesh Wadhwani
11 years ago
Example of passing custom data:

<?php
// Create and start timer firing after 2 seconds with custom data
$w1 = new EvTimer(2, 0, function ($w) {
echo
"Custom data: $w->data\n";
echo
"2 seconds elapsed\n";
},
'abcd');
Ev::run();
?>
Running this will print out:
Custom data: abcd
2 seconds elapsed

Note that 'data' is a public property of the event EvWatcher class.
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