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The EvIo class

INTRODUCTION

       EvIo  watchers  check whether a file descriptor(or socket, or a stream castable to numeric file descriptor) is readable or writable in each
       iteration of the event loop, or, more precisely, when reading would not block the process and writing would at least be able to write  some
       data.  This  behaviour  is  called  level-triggering because events are kept receiving as long as the condition persists. To stop receiving
       events just stop the watcher.

	The number of read and/or write event watchers per $fd is unlimited. Setting all file descriptors to non-blocking mode is also	usually  a
       good idea(but not required).

	Another  thing	to watch out for is that it is quite easy to receive false readiness notifications, i.e. the callback might be called with
       Ev::READ but a subsequent read() will actually block because there is no data. It is very easy to get into this situation. Thus it is  best
       to  always  use	non-blocking  I/O:  An	extra  read() returning EAGAIN (or similar) is far preferable to a program hanging until some data
       arrives.

	If for some reason it is impossible to run the $fd in non-blocking mode, then separately re-test  whether  a  file  descriptor	is  really
       ready. Some people additionally use SIGALRM and an interval timer, just to be sure thry won't block infinitely.

	Always consider using non-blocking mode.

CLASS SYNOPSIS

       EvIo

       EvIoextends
       EvWatcher

       Properties

       o public$fd

       o public$events

       Inherited properties

       o public$is_active

       o public$data

       o public$is_pending

       o public$priority

       Methods

       o public EvIo::__construct (mixed  $fd, int  $events, callable  $callback, [mixed  $data], [int	$priority])

       o finalpublicstatic EvIo EvIo::createStopped NULL (mixed  $fd, int  $events, callable  $callback, [mixed  $data], [int  $priority])

       o public void EvIo::set (mixed  $fd, int  $events)

       Inherited methods

       o public int EvWatcher::clear (void  )

       o abstractpublic EvWatcher::__construct (void  )

       o public void EvWatcher::feed (int  $revents)

       o public EvLoop EvWatcher::getLoop (void  )

       o public void EvWatcher::invoke (int  $revents)

       o public bool EvWatcher::keepalive ([bool  $value])

       o public void EvWatcher::setCallback (callable  $callback)

       o public void EvWatcher::start (void  )

       o public void EvWatcher::stop (void  )

PROPERTIES

	      o $fd
		-

	      o $events
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