GearmanClient::doNormal

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GearmanClient::doNormalRun a single task and return a result

Description

public GearmanClient::doNormal(string $function, string $workload, ?string $unique = null): string

Runs a single task and returns a string representation of the result. It is up to the GearmanClient and GearmanWorker to agree on the format of the result.

Parameters

function

A registered function the worker is to execute

workload

Serialized data to be processed

unique

A unique ID used to identify a particular task

Return Values

A string representing the results of running a task.

Examples

Example #1 Simple job submission with immediate return

<?php

?>
<?php

# Client code

echo "Starting\n";

# Create our client object.
$gmclient= new GearmanClient();

# Add default server (localhost).
$gmclient->addServer();

echo
"Sending job\n";

$result = $gmclient->doNormal("reverse", "Hello!");

echo
"Success: $result\n";

?>
<?php

echo "Starting\n";

# Create our worker object.
$gmworker= new GearmanWorker();

# Add default server (localhost).
$gmworker->addServer();

# Register function "reverse" with the server. Change the worker function to
# "reverse_fn_fast" for a faster worker with no output.
$gmworker->addFunction("reverse", "reverse_fn");

print
"Waiting for job...\n";
while(
$gmworker->work())
{
if (
$gmworker->returnCode() != GEARMAN_SUCCESS)
{
echo
"return_code: " . $gmworker->returnCode() . "\n";
break;
}
}

function
reverse_fn($job)
{
return
strrev($job->workload());
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Starting
Sending job
Success: !olleH

Example #2 Submitting a job and retrieving incremental status

A job is submitted and the script loops to retrieve status information. The worker has an artificial delay which results in a long running job and sends status and data as processing occurs. Each subsequent call to GearmanClient::doNormal() produces status information on the running job.

<?php

# Client code

# Create our client object.
$gmclient= new GearmanClient();

# Add default server (localhost).
$gmclient->addServer();

echo
"Sending job\n";

# Send reverse job
do
{
$result = $gmclient->doNormal("reverse", "Hello!");
# Check for various return packets and errors.

switch($gmclient->returnCode())
{
case
GEARMAN_WORK_DATA:
echo
"Data: $result\n";
break;
case
GEARMAN_WORK_STATUS:
list(
$numerator, $denominator)= $gmclient->doStatus();
echo
"Status: $numerator/$denominator complete\n";
break;
case
GEARMAN_WORK_FAIL:
echo
"Failed\n";
exit;
case
GEARMAN_SUCCESS:
break;
default:
echo
"RET: " . $gmclient->returnCode() . "\n";
echo
"Error: " . $gmclient->error() . "\n";
echo
"Errno: " . $gmclient->getErrno() . "\n";
exit;
}
}
while(
$gmclient->returnCode() != GEARMAN_SUCCESS);

echo
"Success: $result\n";

?>
<?php

# Worker code

echo "Starting\n";

# Create our worker object.
$gmworker= new GearmanWorker();

# Add default server (localhost).
$gmworker->addServer();

# Register function "reverse" with the server.
$gmworker->addFunction("reverse", "reverse_fn");

print
"Waiting for job...\n";
while(
$gmworker->work())
{
if (
$gmworker->returnCode() != GEARMAN_SUCCESS)
{
echo
"return_code: " . $gmworker->returnCode() . "\n";
break;
}
}

function
reverse_fn($job)
{
echo
"Received job: " . $job->handle() . "\n";

$workload = $job->workload();
$workload_size = $job->workloadSize();

echo
"Workload: $workload ($workload_size)\n";

# This status loop is not needed, just showing how it works
for ($x= 0; $x < $workload_size; $x++)
{
echo
"Sending status: " + $x + 1 . "/$workload_size complete\n";
$job->sendStatus($x+1, $workload_size);
$job->sendData(substr($workload, $x, 1));
sleep(1);
}

$result= strrev($workload);
echo
"Result: $result\n";

# Return what we want to send back to the client.
return $result;
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Worker output:

Starting
Waiting for job...
Received job: H:foo.local:106
Workload: Hello! (6)
1/6 complete
2/6 complete
3/6 complete
4/6 complete
5/6 complete
6/6 complete
Result: !olleH

Client output:

Starting
Sending job
Status: 1/6 complete
Data: H
Status: 2/6 complete
Data: e
Status: 3/6 complete
Data: l
Status: 4/6 complete
Data: l
Status: 5/6 complete
Data: o
Status: 6/6 complete
Data: !
Success: !olleH

See Also