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# GearmanWorker::work

(PECL gearman >= 0.5.0)

GearmanWorker::work — Wait for and perform jobs

### Description

public GearmanWorker::work(): bool

Waits for a job to be assigned and then calls the appropriate callback function. Issues an `E_WARNING` with the last Gearman error if the return code is not one of `GEARMAN_SUCCESS`, `GEARMAN_IO_WAIT`, or `GEARMAN_WORK_FAIL`.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns `true` on success or `false` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 GearmanWorker::work() example

    <?php# create the worker$worker = new GearmanWorker(); # add the default job server (localhost)$worker->addServer(); # add the reverse function$worker->addFunction("reverse", "my_reverse_function"); # start te worker listening for job submissionswhile ($worker->work());  function my_reverse_function($job) {   return strrev($job->workload()); }?>

### See Also

- GearmanWorker::addFunction() - Register and add callback function