PHP Manual: Execution

Description

public Futurenull parallel\Runtime::run(Closure $task)

Shall schedule task for execution in parallel.

public Futurenull parallel\Runtime::run(Closure $task, array $argv)

Shall schedule task for execution in parallel, passing argv at execution time.

Parameters

task: A Closure with specific characteristics.
argv: An array of arguments with specific characteristics to be passed to task at execution time.

Task Characteristics

Closures scheduled for parallel execution must not:

accept or return by reference
accept or return internal objects (see notes)
execute a limited set of instructions

Instructions prohibited in Closures intended for parallel execution are:

yield
use by-reference
declare class
declare named function

Note:
Nested closures may yield or use by-reference, but must not contain class or named function declarations.

Note:
No instructions are prohibited in the files which the task may include.

Arguments Characteristics

Arguments must not:

contain references
contain resources
contain internal objects (see notes)

Note:
In the case of file stream resources, the resource will be cast to the file descriptor and passed as int where possible, this is unsupported on Windows.

Internal Objects Notes

Internal objects generally use a custom structure which cannot be copied by value safely, PHP currently lacks the mechanics to do this (without serialization) and so only objects that do not use a custom structure may be shared.

Some internal objects do not use a custom structure, for example parallel\Events\Event and so may be shared.

Closures are a special kind of internal object and support being copied by value, and so may be shared.

Channels are central to writing parallel code and support concurrent access and execution by necessity, and so may be shared.

Warning

A user class that extends an internal class may use a custom structure as defined by the internal class, in which case they cannot be copied by value safely, and so may not be shared.

Return Values

Warning

The return parallel\Future must not be ignored when the task contains a return or throw statement.

Exceptions

Warning

Shall throw parallel\Runtime\Error\Closed if parallel\Runtime was closed.

Warning

Shall throw parallel\Runtime\Error\IllegalFunction if task is a closure created from an internal function.

Warning

Shall throw parallel\Runtime\Error\IllegalInstruction if task contains illegal instructions.

Warning

Shall throw parallel\Runtime\Error\IllegalParameter if task accepts or argv contains illegal variables.

Warning

Shall throw parallel\Runtime\Error\IllegalReturn if task returns illegally.