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Gearman
GearmanClient
GearmanClient::addOptions
GearmanClient::addServer
GearmanClient::addServers
GearmanClient::addTask
GearmanClient::addTaskBackground
GearmanClient::addTaskHigh
GearmanClient::addTaskHighBackground
GearmanClient::addTaskLow
GearmanClient::addTaskLowBackground
GearmanClient::addTaskStatus
GearmanClient::clearCallbacks
GearmanClient::clone
GearmanClient::__construct
GearmanClient::context
GearmanClient::data
GearmanClient::do
GearmanClient::doBackground
GearmanClient::doHigh
GearmanClient::doHighBackground
GearmanClient::doJobHandle
GearmanClient::doLow
GearmanClient::doLowBackground
GearmanClient::doNormal
GearmanClient::doStatus
GearmanClient::echo
GearmanClient::error
GearmanClient::getErrno
GearmanClient::jobStatus
GearmanClient::ping
GearmanClient::removeOptions
GearmanClient::returnCode
GearmanClient::runTasks
GearmanClient::setClientCallback
GearmanClient::setCompleteCallback
GearmanClient::setContext
GearmanClient::setCreatedCallback
GearmanClient::setData
GearmanClient::setDataCallback
GearmanClient::setExceptionCallback
GearmanClient::setFailCallback
GearmanClient::setOptions
GearmanClient::setStatusCallback
GearmanClient::setTimeout
GearmanClient::setWarningCallback
GearmanClient::setWorkloadCallback
GearmanClient::timeout
GearmanClient::wait

GearmanClient::ping

Send data to all job servers to see if they echo it back

Description

public bool GearmanClient::ping(string $workload)

Sends some arbitrary data to all job servers to see if they echo it back. The data sent is not used or processed in any other way. Primarily used for testing and debugging.

Parameters

workload: Some arbitrary serialized data to be echo back

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.