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Run a PHP script as a service/daemon using start-stop-daemon
#! /bin/sh
# Installation
# - Move this to /etc/init.d/myservice
# - chmod +x this
#
# Starting and stopping
# - Start: `service myservice start` or `/etc/init.d/myservice start`
# - Stop: `service myservice stop` or `/etc/init.d/myservice stop`
#ref http://till.klampaeckel.de/blog/archives/94-start-stop-daemon,-Gearman-and-a-little-PHP.html
#ref http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/85033/use-start-stop-daemon-for-a-php-server/85570#85570
#ref http://serverfault.com/questions/229759/launching-a-php-daemon-from-an-lsb-init-script-w-start-stop-daemon
NAME=myservice
DESC="Daemon for my magnificent PHP CLI script"
PIDFILE="/var/run/${NAME}.pid"
LOGFILE="/var/log/${NAME}.log"
DAEMON="/usr/bin/php"
DAEMON_OPTS="/path/to/your/php/script.php"
START_OPTS="--start --background --make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${DAEMON} ${DAEMON_OPTS}"
STOP_OPTS="--stop --pidfile ${PIDFILE}"
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting ${DESC}: "
start-stop-daemon $START_OPTS >> $LOGFILE
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon $STOP_OPTS
echo "$NAME."
rm -f $PIDFILE
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon $STOP_OPTS
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon $START_OPTS >> $LOGFILE
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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