Setting proc title on PHP based daemons is pretty sweet.
cli_set_process_title
(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
cli_set_process_title — Sets the process title
Descrição
cli_set_process_title(string
$title): boolSets the process title visible in tools such as top and ps. This function is available only in CLI mode.
Parâmetros
-
title -
The new title.
Valor Retornado
Retorna true em caso de sucesso ou false em caso de falha.
Erros
An E_WARNING will be generated if the operating system
is unsupported.
Exemplos
Exemplo #1 cli_set_process_title() example
<?php
$title = "My Amazing PHP Script";
$pid = getmypid(); // you can use this to see your process title in ps
if (!cli_set_process_title($title)) {
echo "Unable to set process title for PID $pid...\n";
exit(1);
} else {
echo "The process title '$title' for PID $pid has been set for your process!\n";
sleep(5);
}
?>
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aaron dot mason+php at thats-too-much dot info ¶
6 years ago
In Windows, this function will set the Command Prompt window title, which is restored to the previous setting once the script finishes. If you need to do this in 5.5.X and below, you'll need to use system() to run the title command.
pitpat ¶
2 years ago
In Linux this command changes the title for commands like 'ps -a' it doesn't seem to work with 'top' or 'pkill'
To change the short name (eg PHP) to something else you can use the below:
<?php
$strNewName='myscript';
cli_set_process_name($strNewName);
cli_set_process_title($strNewName);
var_dump(cli_get_process_name());
var_dump(cli_get_process_title());
function cli_set_process_name($strName)
{
file_put_contents("/proc/".getmypid()."/comm",$strName);
}
function cli_get_process_name()
{
return(trim(file_get_contents("/proc/".getmypid()."/comm"),"\r\n"));
}
Note: The above will NOT work in Windows and may not work in all flavours of linux (I use Debian).
Aurelien Marchand ¶
4 years ago
Please note that the function might be inconsistent depending on your system.
On 2 of my systems (CentOS 7.7 and Linux Mint 18.3), setting the title will work for ps but not for top.
<?php
cli_set_process_title("sleeping-daemon");
sleep(100);
/*
*ps* returns
25072 pts/2 S 0:00 sleeping-daemon
*top* returns
25072 aurelien 20 0 285848 23256 16856 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.01 php
*/
