Programming Notes
Operating System
webman supports both Linux and Windows systems. However, because workerman does not support multi-process settings and daemon processes on Windows, it is recommended to use Windows only for development and debugging purposes. For production environments, please use Linux.
Startup method
On Linux, use the command php start.php start (debug mode) or php start.php start -d (daemon mode) to start the server.
On Windows, execute windows.bat or use the command php windows.php to start the server, and press Ctrl+C to stop it. Windows does not support commands such as stop, reload, status, and connections.
Resident memory
webman is a resident memory framework, which means that once a PHP file is loaded into memory, it will be reused and not read from the disk again (except for template files). Therefore, in a production environment, changes to business code or configurations require executing php start.php reload to take effect. If you have changed process-related configurations or installed new composer packages, you need to restart with php start.php restart.
For the convenience of development, webman comes with a monitor custom process for monitoring updates to business files. When a business file is updated, it will automatically execute a reload. This feature is only enabled when workerman is running in debug mode (without the
-dflag) and is only available for Windows users by executingwindows.batorphp windows.php.
About output statements
In traditional PHP-FPM projects, using functions like echo or var_dump will directly display the data on the page. However, in webman, these outputs are often displayed in the terminal and not in the page (except for outputs in template files).
Do not execute exit or die statements
Executing die or exit will cause the process to exit and restart, resulting in the current request being unable to be responded correctly.
Do not execute the pcntl_fork function
Using pcntl_fork to create a process is not allowed in webman.