dreadnip/php-inotify

Wraps php inotify module into object and dispatch them using event dispatcher.

v3.0.1 2022-04-04 12:26 UTC

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Last update: 2024-10-09 02:11:57 UTC


README

This is a PHP8.1 fork of the excellent package by krowinski.

Installation

composer require dreadnip/php-inotify

Installing inotify extension for php

To listen on event we need php extension called inotify. In most cases you just need to install using pecl:

pecl install inotify

(example in dockerfile)

Example

You can find example in example.php and events that you can listen to InotifyEventCodeEnum.php Event implement JsonSerializable and __toString.

Array
(
    [id] => 1
    [eventCode] => 256
    [eventDescription] => ON_CREATE - File or directory created in watched directory
    [uniqueId] => 0
    [fileName] => 2
    [pathName] => /tmp
    [customName] => test
    [pathWithFile] => /tmp/2
    [timestamp] => 1565610455
)
Array
(
    [id] => 1
    [eventCode] => 32
    [eventDescription] => ON_OPEN - File was opened
    [uniqueId] => 0
    [fileName] => 2
    [pathName] => /tmp
    [customName] => test
    [pathWithFile] => /tmp/2
    [timestamp] => 1565610455
)
Array
(
    [id] => 1
    [eventCode] => 4
    [eventDescription] => ON_ATTRIB - Metadata changed (e.g. permissions, mtime, etc.)
    [uniqueId] => 0
    [fileName] => 2
    [pathName] => /tmp
    [customName] => test
    [pathWithFile] => /tmp/2
    [timestamp] => 1565610455
)
Array
(
    [id] => 1
    [eventCode] => 8
    [eventDescription] => ON_CLOSE_WRITE - File opened for writing was closed
    [uniqueId] => 0
    [fileName] => 2
    [pathName] => /tmp
    [customName] => test
    [pathWithFile] => /tmp/2
    [timestamp] => 1565610455
)
Array
(
    [id] => 1
    [eventCode] => 512
    [eventDescription] => ON_DELETE - File or directory deleted in watched directory
    [uniqueId] => 0
    [fileName] => 2
    [pathName] => /tmp
    [customName] => test
    [pathWithFile] => /tmp/2
    [timestamp] => 1565610456
)

Where:

[id] => watch descriptor
[eventCode] => bit mask of events
[eventDescription] => human readable event description (can be UNKNOWN if not found in InotifyEventCodeEnum)
[uniqueId] => is a unique id to connect related events (e.g. IN_MOVE_FROM and IN_MOVE_TO)
[fileName] => name of a file (e.g. if a file was modified in a watched directory)
[pathName] => watched resource you give in configuration
[customName] => custom resource name for external parsing like "form-upload-dir" etc
[pathWithFile] => helper that contact pathName and fileName
[timestamp] => ...