watcherphp / watcher

Watcher: Effortlessly Track and Manage Your File Changes Seamlessly

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github.com/CodeWithSushil/watcher

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pkg:composer/watcherphp/watcher

dev-master 2025-11-09 02:50 UTC

Requires

php: ^8.1
symfony/console: ^7.2
symfony/filesystem: ^7.2

Requires (Dev)

phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1
phpunit/phpunit: ^12.0

Suggests

None

Provides

None

Conflicts

None

Replaces

None

MIT 0d6480eca0e2bfb1590602c9f466f2964b5c68d6

Sushil Kumar <sushilkumbhar77.woop@gmail.com>

dev-master

This package is auto-updated.

Last update: 2025-11-09 02:50:23 UTC

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Full Code:

$file = $argv[1];

$lastModified = filemtime($file);

echo "Watching $file for changes...\n";

while(true){
    clearstatcache();
    
    $currentModified = filemtime($file);
    
    if ($currentModified !== $lastModified) {
        echo "File changed, restarting script...\n";
        
        shell_exec("php $file");
        
        $lastModified = $currentModified;
    }
    
    sleep(1);
}

File Watch Run

php watch index.php