API17:JDaemon

JDaemon

Methods

Visibility	Method name	Description
public	isActive	Check to see if the daemon is active.
public	loadConfiguration	Load an object or array into the application configuration object.
public	restart	Restart daemon process.
public	start	Spawn daemon process.
public	stop	Stop daemon process.
public static	signal	Method to handle POSIX signals.
protected	__construct	Class constructor.
protected	changeIdentity	Method to change the identity of the daemon process and resources.
protected	daemonize	Method to put the application into the background.
protected	fork	This is truly where the magic happens.
protected	gc	Method to perform basic garbage collection and memory management in the sense of clearing the stat cache.
protected	setupSignalHandlers	Method to attach the signal handler to the known signals.
protected	shutdown	Method to shut down the daemon and optionally restart it.
protected	writeProcessIdFile	Method to write the process id file out to disk.

• Defined in libraries/joomla/application/cli/daemon.php
• Extends JCli

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.application.cli.daemon' );

See also

• JDaemon source code on BitBucket
• Subpackage Application
• Other versions of JDaemon

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