majaxPheanstalkPlugin requires Pheanstalk - PHP client for beanstalkd queue (https://github.com/pda/pheanstalk)

Good location to install it in the Symfony 1 app would be lib/vendor folder. If you are installing in different folder, please adjust the configuration below to match it.

Using SVN:

svn checkout https://svn.github.com/pda/pheanstalk.git lib/vendor/pheanstalk

using svn:externals

svn pe svn:externals lib/vendor/
# add this line underneath symfony
symfony       http://svn.symfony-project.com/tags/RELEASE_1_4_16
pheanstalk    https://svn.github.com/pda/pheanstalk.git

In config/autoload.yml (create one if it doesn't exist) add following

autoload:
  pheanstalk:
    name: pheanstalk
    path: %SF_LIB_DIR%/vendor/pheanstalk
    recursive: on

then install the plugin itself and run php symfony cc

$pheanstalk = majaxPheanstalk::getInstance();
$pheanstalk->useTube('test_tube')->put('Job data');

Create a worker, modeled after ExampleWorkerThread in lib/thread/, which extends majaxPheanstalkWorkerThread and implements doRun().

<?php

class ExampleWorkerThread extends majaxPheanstalkWorkerThread
{
  protected function doRun()
  {
    $job = $this->getJob('test_tube');
    $data = $job->getData();
    $this->log('Got data: '.$data);
    $this->deleteJob($job);
  }
}

?>

Now you're ready to run the task!

./symfony pheanstalk:run_worker ExampleWorkerThread /path/to/store/log/in/

Easy-peasy

There are two primary helpers you will need for stateful management.

This is run during __construct(), before Pheanstalk is initialized.

This is run during __destruct()

You can set how much memory we're allowed to use (in bytes), and we will fail as soon after that as possible.

It is checked before every iteration of doRun().

To change it, in your doConstruct(), simply:

protected function doConstruct()
{
  $this->memory_limit = 8000000;
}

Number of microseconds (i.e. a millionth of a second, 1000000 == 1 second) to pause for between doRun() iterations.

To change it, in your doConstruct(), simply:

protected function doConstruct()
{
  $this->sleep_ms = 8000000;
}

Set this to false to not instantize Pheanstalk in the constructor. Use this if you're making a generic worker thread as opposed to a Pheanstalk worker thread.