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win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher

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win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher -- Registers the script with the SCM, so that it can act as the service with the given name

Description

bool win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher ( string name )

When launched via the Service Control Manager, a service process is required to "check-in" with it to establish service monitoring and communication facilities. This function performs the check-in by spawning a thread to handle the lower-level communication with the service control manager.

Once started, the service process should continue to check-in with the service control manager so that it can determine if it should terminate. This is achieved by periodically calling win32_get_last_control_message() and handling the return code appropriately.

Parameters

name

The short-name of the service, as registered by win32_create_service().

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example 1. A win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher() example

Any text that describes the purpose of the example, or what goes on in the example should go here (inside the

<?php
if (!win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher('dummyphp')) {
  die("I'm probably not running under the service control manager");
}

while (WIN32_SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP != win32_get_last_control_message()) {
  # do some work here, trying not to take more than around 30 seconds
  # before coming back into the loop again
}
?>

See Also

win32_get_last_control_message()

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