How create threads with php in a VPS Ubuntu12.04?

Posted June 20, 2014

I want to create a api call(SOAP) and i need threads to do it faster.

How can i create a script with multiple threads in php?

thanks

enrique.guadalupe

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JonsJava • June 20, 2014

@bphelpsen is mostly correct.

http://php.net/manual/en/book.pcntl.php

^^ This will allow you to manage processes, thereby allowing you to fork off a process. Not the same a threading, but a well-coded script could fork off other workers and have them working at the same time.

bphelpsen • June 20, 2014

PHP has no multi-threaded or concurrency support.

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