PHP Manual: Configures whether to keep the loop from returning

Description

public bool EvWatcher::keepalive( bool $value = ?)

Configures whether to keep the loop from returning. With keepalive value set to false the watcher won't keep Ev::run / EvLoop::run from returning even though the watcher is active.

Watchers have keepalive value true by default.

Clearing keepalive status is useful when returning from Ev::run / EvLoop::run just because of the watcher is undesirable. It could be a long running UDP socket watcher or so.

Parameters

value: With keepalive value set to false the watcher won't keep Ev::run / EvLoop::run from returning even though the watcher is active.

Return Values

Returns the previous state.

Examples

Example #1 Register an I/O watcher for some UDP socket but do not keep the event loop from running just because of that watcher.

<?php
$udp_socket = ...
$udp_watcher = new EvIo($udp_socket, Ev::READ, function () { /* ... */ });
$udp_watcher->keepalive(FALSE);
?>