Re: [VOTE] True Async RFC 1.6

From: Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:40:26 +0000
Subject: Re: [VOTE] True Async RFC 1.6
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> Edmond Dantes <edmond.ht@gmail.com> hat am 22.11.2025 14:55 CET geschrieben:
> 
>  
> > So I guess you want to use spawn() in a similar way as call_user_func() works.
> yes
> 
> > This changes the behavior of file_get_contents() from the outside
> No.
> 
> ```php
> function file_get_contents(string $filename): string
> {
>     $fh = fopen();
> 
>     // It creates an EPOLL event so it can wake us when the data
> becomes available.
>      $event = ReactorAPI.create_event_from($fh);
>     $waker = Scheduler.getCurrentWaker();
>     // Event Driven logic inside.
>     $waker.add_event($event, function() use($waker) {
>           // Wakeup this coroutine
>           $waker.wake();
>      });
> 
>     // suspend current coroutine
>     // zz..... z.....
>     Scheduler.suspend();
> 
>     // Continue here after the IO event
> 
>     // Now we have date, return
>     return fread($fh, ....);
> }
> ```
> 
> This is pseudocode. You can assume it always works.
> If you call file_get_contents directly, it behaves the same way.
> So it does not matter where file_get_contents is called.
> Since all PHP code together with TrueAsync runs inside coroutines,
> file_get_contents will suspend the coroutine in which it was invoked.
> 
> When you call spawn, you simply run the function in another
> coroutine, not in your own. But spawn has no effect on
> file_get_contents.
> 
> We’re not at risk of DataRace yet :) We don’t have multithreading.
> And most likely it won’t appear anytime soon.


>     // Continue here after the IO event

From my understanding, the code does not continue if there is no io event? Will it use
default_socket_timeout from php.ini and/or use the timeout specified in the stream context?

Can I mix sync IO and async IO in one function? e.g. if the server uses a mixed storage of SSDs and
HDDs and I only want async io for the SSDs?

Best Regards
Thomas


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