string
is an alias in C# for System.String
.
So technically, there is no difference. It's like int
vs. System.Int32
.
As far as guidelines, it's generally recommended to use string
any time you're referring to an object.
e.g.
string place = "world";
Likewise, I think it's generally recommended to use String
if you need to refer specifically to the class.
e.g.
string greet = String.Format("Hello {0}!", place);
This is the style that Microsoft tends to use in their examples.
It appears that the guidance in this area may have changed, as StyleCop now enforces the use of the C# specific aliases.
Multi-threading is possible in php
Yes you can do multi-threading in PHP with pthreads
From the PHP documentation:
pthreads is an object-orientated API that provides all of the tools needed for multi-threading in PHP. PHP applications can create, read, write, execute and synchronize with Threads, Workers and Threaded objects.
Warning:
The pthreads extension cannot be used in a web server environment. Threading in PHP should therefore remain to CLI-based applications only.
Simple Test
#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
class AsyncOperation extends Thread {
public function __construct($arg) {
$this->arg = $arg;
}
public function run() {
if ($this->arg) {
$sleep = mt_rand(1, 10);
printf('%s: %s -start -sleeps %d' . "\n", date("g:i:sa"), $this->arg, $sleep);
sleep($sleep);
printf('%s: %s -finish' . "\n", date("g:i:sa"), $this->arg);
}
}
}
// Create a array
$stack = array();
//Initiate Multiple Thread
foreach ( range("A", "D") as $i ) {
$stack[] = new AsyncOperation($i);
}
// Start The Threads
foreach ( $stack as $t ) {
$t->start();
}
?>
First Run
12:00:06pm: A -start -sleeps 5
12:00:06pm: B -start -sleeps 3
12:00:06pm: C -start -sleeps 10
12:00:06pm: D -start -sleeps 2
12:00:08pm: D -finish
12:00:09pm: B -finish
12:00:11pm: A -finish
12:00:16pm: C -finish
Second Run
12:01:36pm: A -start -sleeps 6
12:01:36pm: B -start -sleeps 1
12:01:36pm: C -start -sleeps 2
12:01:36pm: D -start -sleeps 1
12:01:37pm: B -finish
12:01:37pm: D -finish
12:01:38pm: C -finish
12:01:42pm: A -finish
Real World Example
error_reporting(E_ALL);
class AsyncWebRequest extends Thread {
public $url;
public $data;
public function __construct($url) {
$this->url = $url;
}
public function run() {
if (($url = $this->url)) {
/*
* If a large amount of data is being requested, you might want to
* fsockopen and read using usleep in between reads
*/
$this->data = file_get_contents($url);
} else
printf("Thread #%lu was not provided a URL\n", $this->getThreadId());
}
}
$t = microtime(true);
$g = new AsyncWebRequest(sprintf("http://www.google.com/?q=%s", rand() * 10));
/* starting synchronization */
if ($g->start()) {
printf("Request took %f seconds to start ", microtime(true) - $t);
while ( $g->isRunning() ) {
echo ".";
usleep(100);
}
if ($g->join()) {
printf(" and %f seconds to finish receiving %d bytes\n", microtime(true) - $t, strlen($g->data));
} else
printf(" and %f seconds to finish, request failed\n", microtime(true) - $t);
}
Best Answer
See MSDN:
So maybe look into
DependentTransaction
- in particular, there is a worker thread example, here.