PHP - Thread Functions

The Thread class

Whenever a start method of the Thread class invoked, the run method code can be executed in a separate thread parallelly.

Class synopsis

Thread extends Threaded implements Countable , Traversable , ArrayAccess {
   /* Methods */
   public void detach ( void )
   public integer getCreatorId ( void )
   public static Thread getCurrentThread ( void )
   public static integer getCurrentThreadId ( void )
   public integer getThreadId ( void )
   public static mixed globally ( void )
   public boolean isJoined ( void )
   public boolean isStarted ( void )
   public boolean join ( void )
   public void kill ( void )
   public boolean start ([ integer $options ] )
	
   /* Inherited methods */
   public array Threaded::chunk ( integer $size , boolean $preserve )
   public integer Threaded::count ( void )
   public bool Threaded::extend ( string $class )
   public Threaded Threaded::from ( Closure $run [, Closure $construct [, array $args ]] )
   public array Threaded::getTerminationInfo ( void )
   public boolean Threaded::isRunning ( void )
   public boolean Threaded::isTerminated ( void )
   public boolean Threaded::isWaiting ( void )
   public boolean Threaded::lock ( void )
   public boolean Threaded::merge ( mixed $from [, bool $overwrite ] )
   public boolean Threaded::notify ( void )
   public boolean Threaded::notifyOne ( void )
   public boolean Threaded::pop ( void )
   public void Threaded::run ( void )
   public mixed Threaded::shift ( void )
   public mixed Threaded::synchronized ( Closure $block [, mixed $... ] )
   public boolean Threaded::unlock ( void )
   public boolean Threaded::wait ([ integer $timeout ] )
}