threads in php code example

Example 1: how to create threads in php

class Task extends Threaded
{
    public $response;

    public function someWork()
    {
        $content = file_get_contents('http://google.com');
        preg_match('~<title>(.+)</title>~', $content, $matches);
        $this->response = $matches[1];
    }
}

$task = new Task;

$thread = new class($task) extends Thread {
    private $task;

    public function __construct(Threaded $task)
    {
        $this->task = $task;
    }

    public function run()
    {
        $this->task->someWork();
    }
};

$thread->start() && $thread->join();

var_dump($task->response);

Example 2: how to create threads in php

$task = new class extends Thread {
    private $response;

    public function run()
    {
        $content = file_get_contents("http://google.com");
        preg_match("~<title>(.+)</title>~", $content, $matches);
        $this->response = $matches[1];
    }
};

$task->start() && $task->join();

var_dump($task->response); // string(6) "Google"