The win32service extension is a Windows specific extension that allows PHP
to communicate with the Service Control Manager to start, stop, register
and unregister services, and even allows your PHP scripts to run as a
service.
Requirements
Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Any version
of Windows derived from Windows NT should be compatible.
Installation
Procedure 17. Installing from PECL
You can download php_win32service.dll from http://snaps.php.net/win32/.
Choose the PECL_X_X folder that matches you PHP version.
Copy the php_win32service.dll into your extension_dir.
<?php
win32_create_service(array( 'service' => 'dummyphp', # the name of your service 'display' => 'sample dummy PHP service', # description 'params' => 'c:\path\to\script.php run', # path to the script and parameters )); ?>
<?php if ($argv[1] == 'run') { win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher('dummyphp');
while (WIN32_SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP != win32_get_last_control_message()) { # do your work here.
# try not to take up more than 30 seconds before going around the loop
# again }
} ?>
Predefined Constants
The constants below are defined by this extension, and
will only be available when the extension has either
been compiled into PHP or dynamically loaded at runtime.