# GearmanWorker::wait

(PECL gearman >= 0.6.0)

GearmanWorker::wait — Wait for activity from one of the job servers

### Description

public GearmanWorker::wait ( ) : bool

Causes the worker to wait for activity from one of the Gearman job servers when operating in non-blocking I/O mode. On failure, issues a `E_WARNING` with the last Gearman error encountered.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 Running worker in non-blocking mode

`<?php
echo "Starting\n";
# Create our worker object
$worker= new GearmanWorker();
# Make the worker non-blocking
$worker->addOptions(GEARMAN_WORKER_NON_BLOCKING);
# Add the default server (localhost, port 4730)
$worker->addServer();
# Add our reverse function
$worker->addFunction('reverse', 'reverse_fn');
# Try to grab a job
while (@$worker->work() ||
$worker->returnCode() == GEARMAN_IO_WAIT ||
$worker->returnCode() == GEARMAN_NO_JOBS)
{
if ($worker->returnCode() == GEARMAN_SUCCESS)
continue;
echo "Waiting for next job...\n";
if (!@$worker->wait())
{
if ($worker->returnCode() == GEARMAN_NO_ACTIVE_FDS)
{
# We are not connected to any servers, so wait a bit before
# trying to reconnect.
sleep(5);
continue;
}
break;
}
}
echo "Worker Error: " . $worker->error() . "\n";
function reverse_fn($job)
{
return strrev($job->workload());
}
?>`

### See Also

- GearmanWorker::work() - Wait for and perform jobs