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 ====== Request for Comments: PHP CLI changing process title support ====== ====== Request for Comments: PHP CLI changing process title support ======
  
-  * Version: 1.0+  * Version: 1.3
   * Date: 2013-02-06   * Date: 2013-02-06
   * Author: Keyur Govande <kgovande@gmail.com>   * Author: Keyur Govande <kgovande@gmail.com>
-  * Status: Voting+  * Status: Implemented (in PHP 5.5)
   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/cli_process_title   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/cli_process_title
  
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 This RFC proposes a new way of setting a PHP CLI process's title that's visible in top or ps. The implementation is based based off the one in [[http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/monitoring-ps.html|PostgreSQL]].  This RFC proposes a new way of setting a PHP CLI process's title that's visible in top or ps. The implementation is based based off the one in [[http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/monitoring-ps.html|PostgreSQL]]. 
  
 +This is very helpful when using PHP as a daemon, for example: [[https://github.com/brianlmoon/GearmanManager|GearmanManager]]. Otherwise, all job workers look the same in top and ps:
 +
 +''php -d display_errors=1 -d display_startup_errors=1 -d error_log=/var/log/gearman/php.log /var/code/bin/GearmanManager/run-gearman.php -c /var/code/bin/GearmanManager/config.php -p JobWorker_ -P /var/run/gearman_manager/gearman_manager.pid -d -x 86400 -w /var/code/phplib/JobWorker/ -l /var/log/gearman/gearman_manager.log -vvv''
 +
 +Currently, there are 2 ways to debug what job a process is doing: attach gdb and introspect the appropriate data structure. Or log the process-pid to a file at job start-up and match it up. 
 +
 +Both are doable, but time consuming and having functionality in the language to set the title would solve the problem nicely.
 ===== Implementation ===== ===== Implementation =====
  
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    * On BSD without [[http://www.unix.com/man-page/FreeBSD/3/setproctitle/|setproctitle]] support: Similar to Linux. A deep copy of argv is made and returned to main() for further use. The original argv[0] is pointed to a 256 character array block into which the title is copied over. argv[1] is set to NULL to indicate the 'end' of the argv array.    * On BSD without [[http://www.unix.com/man-page/FreeBSD/3/setproctitle/|setproctitle]] support: Similar to Linux. A deep copy of argv is made and returned to main() for further use. The original argv[0] is pointed to a 256 character array block into which the title is copied over. argv[1] is set to NULL to indicate the 'end' of the argv array.
    * On systems with support for [[http://www.unix.com/man-page/FreeBSD/3/setproctitle/|setproctitle]] OR pstat PSTAT_SETCMD or PS_STRINGS, we use these instead.    * On systems with support for [[http://www.unix.com/man-page/FreeBSD/3/setproctitle/|setproctitle]] OR pstat PSTAT_SETCMD or PS_STRINGS, we use these instead.
-   * On Windows: the title is set as an Windows [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682396(v=vs.85).aspx|Event]]. It can be viewed using [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sysinternals/bb896653|Process Explorer]].+   * On Windows: the title is for the 'parent' console window using [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms686050(v=vs.85).aspx|SetConsoleTitleset]]. It is visible on the parent window, and in TaskManager's Applications tab.
  
 Support for setting the title is also built into the cli-server SAPI. Support for setting the title is also built into the cli-server SAPI.
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 $title = "This is a test title"; $title = "This is a test title";
-if (!is_cli_ps_title_available()) { +if (!cli_set_process_title($title)) { 
-    echo "Not supported on this OS\n";+    echo "Unable to set title\n";
     exit(1);     exit(1);
-} 
- 
-if (!set_cli_ps_title($title)) { 
-    echo "Unable to set title\n"; 
-    exit(2); 
 } }
  
 sleep(15); sleep(15);
 +echo cli_get_process_title() . "\n";
 </code> </code>
  
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   * Linux: {{:rfc:linux_ps_title.png?200|}}   * Linux: {{:rfc:linux_ps_title.png?200|}}
   * FreeBSD 9.0: {{:rfc:fbsd_ps_title.png?200|}}   * FreeBSD 9.0: {{:rfc:fbsd_ps_title.png?200|}}
-  * Windows 7: {{:rfc:windows_ps_title.png?200|}}+  * Windows 7: {{:rfc:windows_ps_title_console.png?200|}} 
 +  * OS X Lion: {{:rfc:osx_ps_title.png?200|}}
  
-===== Patch ===== 
  
-The patch (including tests) based off of 5.4.11 is [[https://gist.github.com/keyurdg/4728770#file-php_ps-patch|here]].+===== Specification =====
  
 +==== Description ====
 +
 +  bool cli_set_process_title(string $title)
 +
 +''cli_set_process_title()'' sets title of the process to //**title**// and returns TRUE if the operation succeeded. Or FALSE if it fails. On failure, a WARNING is emitted with details as to why it failed, the most common cause being the operating system is not supported.
 +
 +==== Parameters ====
 +
 +**title**
 +
 +==== Description ====
 +
 +  string cli_get_process_title()
 +
 +''cli_get_process_title()'' returns a string containing the title that was set using ''cli_set_process_title''. 
 +
 +Note that this returned string may not match what ps/top would show; for example on FreeBSD in ps, you would see the process name as "php: title (php)" where //**title**// is what was passed to ''cli_set_process_title''. 
 +
 +If the method fails for any reason, a WARNING is emitted and NULL is returned; the most common cause of failure being the operating system is not supported.
 +
 +==== Parameters ====
 +
 +None
 +
 +===== Patch =====
 +
 +The pull request (including tests) based on PHP-5.5 is [[https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/280|here]].
 ===== Voting ===== ===== Voting =====
  
 The PHP language is not changed, so a 50% + 1 majority is required. The PHP language is not changed, so a 50% + 1 majority is required.
 +
 +Voting ends March 4th, 2013.
 +
 +<doodle title="Accept modifying CLI process title in PHP?" auth="user" voteType="single" closed="true">
 +   * Yes
 +   * No
 +</doodle>
  
 ===== Changelog ===== ===== Changelog =====
  
   * 1.0 (2012-02-06): Initial draft   * 1.0 (2012-02-06): Initial draft
 +  * 1.1 (2012-02-07): Updated the introduction with more justification for why this is needed
 +  * 1.2 (2012-02-21): Added in method specifications
 +  * 1.3 (2012-02-26): Changed the Windows implementation from Events to SetConsoleTitle
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