1. 直接方式
pcntl_fork() 创建一个进程,在父进程返回值是子进程的pid,在子进程返回值是0,-1表示创建进程失败。跟C非常相似。
测试脚本 test.php
<?php
// example of multiple processes
date_default_timezone_set( 'Asia/Chongqing');
echo "parent start, pid ", getmypid(), "\n" ;
beep();
for ($i=0; $i<3; ++$i){
$pid = pcntl_fork();
if ($pid == -1){
die ("cannot fork" );
} else if ($pid > 0){
echo "parent continue \n";
for ($k=0; $k<2; ++$k){
beep();
}
} else if ($pid == 0){
echo "child start, pid ", getmypid(), "\n" ;
for ($j=0; $j<5; ++$j){
beep();
}
exit ;
}
}
// ***
function beep(){
echo getmypid(), "\t" , date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', time()), "\n" ;
sleep(1);
}
?>
用命令行运行
#php -f test.php
输出结果
parent start, pid 1793
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:17
parent continue
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:18
child start, pid 1794
1794 2013-01-14 15:04:18
1794 2013-01-14 15:04:19
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:19
1794 2013-01-14 15:04:20
parent continue
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:20
child start, pid 1795
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:20
17931794 2013-01-14 15:04:212013-01-14 15:04:21
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:21
1794 2013-01-14 15:04:22
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:22
parent continue
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:22
child start, pid 1796
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:22
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:23
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:23
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:23
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:24
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:24
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:25
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:26
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:17
parent continue
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:18
child start, pid 1794
1794 2013-01-14 15:04:18
1794 2013-01-14 15:04:19
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:19
1794 2013-01-14 15:04:20
parent continue
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:20
child start, pid 1795
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:20
17931794 2013-01-14 15:04:212013-01-14 15:04:21
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:21
1794 2013-01-14 15:04:22
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:22
parent continue
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:22
child start, pid 1796
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:22
1793 2013-01-14 15:04:23
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:23
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:23
1795 2013-01-14 15:04:24
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:24
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:25
1796 2013-01-14 15:04:26
从中看到,创建了3个子进程,和父进程一起并行运行。其中有一行格式跟其他有些不同,
17931794 2013-01-14 15:04:212013-01-14 15:04:21
因为两个进程同时进行写操作,造成了冲突。
用直接方式,父进程创建了子进程后,并没有等待子进程结束,二十继续运行。似乎这里看不到有什么问题。如果php脚本并不是运行完后自动结束,而是常驻内存的,就会造成子进程无法回收的问题。也就是僵尸进程。可以通过pcntl_wai()方法等待进程结束,然后回收已经结束的进程。
将测试脚本改成:
$pid = pcntl_fork();
if ($pid == -1){
...
} else if ($pid > 0){
echo "parent continue \n";
pcntl_wait($status);
for ($k=0; $k<2; ++$k){
beep();
}
} else if ($pid == 0){
...
}
用命令行运行
#php -f test.php
输出结果
parent start, pid 1807
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:05
parent continue
child start, pid 1808
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:06
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:07
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:08
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:09
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:10
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:11
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:12
parent continue
child start, pid 1809
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:13
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:14
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:15
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:16
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:17
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:18
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:19
child start, pid 1810
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:20
parent continue
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:21
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:22
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:23
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:24
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:25
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:26
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:05
parent continue
child start, pid 1808
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:06
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:07
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:08
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:09
1808 2013-01-14 15:20:10
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:11
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:12
parent continue
child start, pid 1809
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:13
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:14
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:15
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:16
1809 2013-01-14 15:20:17
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:18
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:19
child start, pid 1810
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:20
parent continue
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:21
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:22
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:23
1810 2013-01-14 15:20:24
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:25
1807 2013-01-14 15:20:26
父进程在pcntl_wait()将自己阻塞,等待子进程运行完了才接着运行。