Merge pull request #2975 from annando/1611-frontend-worker

The worker can now run from the frontend as well

mod/worker.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * @file mod/worker.php
+ * @brief Module for running the poller as frontend process
+ */
+require_once("include/poller.php");
+
+use \Friendica\Core\Config;
+use \Friendica\Core\PConfig;
+
+function worker_init($a){
+
+	if (!Config::get("system", "frontend_worker")) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	clear_worker_processes();
+
+	$workers = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `processes` FROM `process` WHERE `command` = 'worker.php'");
+
+	if ($workers[0]["processes"] > Config::get("system", "worker_queues", 4)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	$a->start_process();
+
+	logger("Front end worker started: ".getmypid());
+
+	call_worker();
+
+	if ($r = poller_worker_process()) {
+
+		// On most configurations this parameter wouldn't have any effect.
+		// But since it doesn't destroy anything, we just try to get more execution time in any way.
+		set_time_limit(0);
+
+		poller_execute($r[0]);
+	}
+
+	call_worker();
+
+	$a->end_process();
+
+	logger("Front end worker ended: ".getmypid());
+
+	killme();
+}