ralfhortt/php-watch-files

Watch file or folder and execute code when something is changes inside

1.0.0 2022-04-16 10:02 UTC

MIT

• Zura Sekhniashvili
• Ralf Hortt

README

Watch file or folder and execute code when something is changed inside

Demo

You can run the following command to see how the script works

php index.php FILE_OR_FOLDER_PATH

Basic usage

$watcher = new \ralfhortt\fswatcher\Watcher('FILE_OR_FOLDER_PATH_TO_WATCH', function ($event) {
    // Do whatever you want when file or folder is changed.
    if ($event->isAddition()){
        // File was added and file path will be $event->file
    } else if ($event->isModification()){
        // File was modified and file path will be $event->file
    }
});
$watcher->watch();

Advanced Usage

$watcher = new \ralfhortt\fswatcher\Watcher('FILE_OR_FOLDER_PATH_TO_WATCH', 'callback', [
    'watchInterval' => 5,
    'cacheChanges' => true
]);

Options

Credits

• The code is written by Zura Sekhniashvili [e-mail]
• I've repacked it as a composer package