File: docs/Usage.txt

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| Task Manager Specific Functions |
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Add Task
Manager::add_task($task,$fork)

ABOUT: Adds a task to the pool

DESCRIPTION:
int  add_task(mixed $task [, bool $fork])

PARAMETERS:
task	-	The task to add to the pool, should be a class.
fork	-	Option parameter, if set to true will set the class to fork



Check Tasks
Manager::check_tasks()

ABOUT: Checks if there are any tasks in the pool

DESCRIPTION:
bool check_tasks()

PARAMETERS:
Null

RETURN VALUES:
bool	-	Returns true if there are any tasks in pool and false if not


Remove Task
Manager::remove_task($key)

ABOUT: Removes a task from the pool based on the key

DESCRIPTION:
bool remove_task(int $key)

PARAMETERS:
key		- The key argument should be the key of the task that is returned when
		  the add_task() function is called

RETURN VALUES:
bool	- Returns true when task is succesfully removed.


Run
Manager::run()

ABOUT: Runs all tasks currently in the pool

DESCRIPTION:
bool run()

PARAMETERS:
Null

RETURN VALUES:
bool	-	Returns true upon succesful completion of tasks



Check Fork
Manager::check_fork(key)

ABOUT: Checks if a task with the given key is suppose to fork

DESCRIPTION:
bool check_fork(int key)

PARAMETERS:
key		- The key argument should be the key of the task that is returned when
		  the add_task() function is called

RETURN VALUES:
bool	- Returns true if the task is suppose to fork and false if it isn't.



Count Fork
Manager::count_fork()

ABOUT: Counts the number of forking tasks in pool and queue

DESCRIPTION:
array count_fork()

PARAMETERS:
Null

RETURN VALUES:
Array - Returns the values in array with 0 being the tasks in the pool and
		1 being the tasks in the queue

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| Task Specific Functions |
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Share Memory
Task::share_memory($method,$arg1,$arg2)

ABOUT: Interacts with the Task Manager's internal memory

DESCRIPTION:
mixed share_memory(string $method[, mixed $arg1, mixed $arg2])

PARAMETERS:
method - This identifies the function to carry out on the internal memory.
		 The method may be one of 5 parameters:
		 CLEA - Cleans the memory, erases everything stored by the running task
		 COUN - Counts the amount of data in memory
		 ERAS - Erases all data stored in memory
		 GET  - Grabs data from memory
		 POST - Places data into memory
arg1   - This identifies the place where information was stored.  This must be
		 defined in order to use the "GET" method.  When using the "POST" method
		 this identifies the data to be stored.
arg2   - This identifies the "key" of the data being grabbed.  This argument may
		 also be used to designate a specific key for the data being placed with
		 the "POST" method.

RETURN VALUES:

Method		Value
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CLEA		Bool
COUN		Integer
ERAS		Bool
GET			Mixed
POST		Mixed

NOTES:
PTM's internal memory is stored indefinately in a static file and any data stored
will remain in memory until it is "cleaned" or "erased".


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|  Other Stuff   |
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Sleep
Manager::sleep

ABOUT: Sets how long the task manager should sleep in order to wait for
	   forking tasks to finish. Set to 2 by default.

USE:
$manager->sleep=2;



Sim Par
Manager::sim_par

About: Controls the number of children processes allowed to spawn at one time.
	   Set to 5 by default.

USE:
$manager->sim_par=5;



Verbose
Manager::verbose

About: Turns verbose reporting on or off (set to off by default).  This enables
	   easy debugging of tasks and the taskmanager during development.

USE:
$manager->verbose=true;

NOTES:
This will result in a large amount of output from the Manager and Worker.
If TaskManager is being used in GUI applications I highly reccomend this
be left OFF as it will end with unintended results.



Throttle

ABOUT: The task manager comes with a built-in throttle function to only allow
	   a set number of children process to run in paralell at one time.  This
	   is turned off by default due to it currently still being in beta stage.

DESCRIPTION:

	  To enable the throttle function start the task manager with the throttle
	  variable set to true as in the following example:

$manager=new TaskManager(true);