crodas / watch-files
Watch files and directories for changes
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Requires
- crodas/file-util: >=0.2
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README
Stateless way of watching files and directory for changes.
It is useful when you compile files, and you would like a simple and efficient way of watching files and directories for changes to avoid re-compilation.
How to install
You can install it using composer.
composer require crodas/watch-files *
How to use it
require "vendor/autoload.php"; use WatchFiles\Watch; // we'd like to watch some files // and to save its state in foobar.php $foobar = new Watch("foobar.php"); if ($foobar->isWatching()) { if (!$foobar->hasChanged()) { // somebody else before us started watching files/dirs // on foobar.php and *nothing* changed since last // time return; } // do heavy stuff here (Recompile it?) // we need to tell the watch that we're aware of lastest // changes and we'd like to update the file modification time $foobar->rebuild(); return; } // we'd love to see when a new file has been added or deleted $foobar->watchDir("foodir"); $foobar->watchDirs(array("foodir", 'foobar')); // or monitor changes inside file or files $foobar->watchFile("foodir.php"); $foobar->watchFiles(array("foodir.php", 'foobar.php')); // start watching! $foobar->watch();