Can PHP support multitasking, and if so, how does it work within the language?

PHP does not inherently support multitasking in the same way as languages like Python or Java. However, you can achieve a form of multitasking in PHP using techniques such as forking processes or running asynchronous tasks. One common approach is to use libraries like ReactPHP or Amp to handle asynchronous operations. 

// Example using ReactPHP to run asynchronous tasks
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();

$loop->addTimer(1, function() {
    echo "Task 1 completed\n";
});

$loop->addTimer(2, function() {
    echo "Task 2 completed\n";
});

$loop->run();

Keywords

concurrency multitasking threading parallel processing asynchronous programming

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