How to send multiple requests at once ReactPHP? - php

Question

I am using guzzle to send some requests:
$response = $this->client->request(new SomeObject());
using the class below
...
public function request(Request $request)
{
return $this->requestAsync($request)->wait();
}
// Here I'm using Guzzle Async, but I can remove that is needed
public function requestAsync(Request $request)
{
$promise = $this->http->requestAsync($request->getMethod(), $request->getUri());
$promise = $promise->then(
function (ResponseInterface $response) use ($request) {
return $response;
}
);
return $promise;
}
...
I would like to use ReactPHP to send multiple requests at once in a foreach loop:
$requests = [];
foreach ($data as $value) {
$requests[] = $this->client->request(new SomeObject());
}
// pass $requests to ReactPHP here and wait on the response
Any ideas?

Answer 1

First of all, you don't need ReactPHP to use parallel HTTP requests with Guzzle. Guzzle itself provides this feature (if you use cURL handler, which is the default).
For example:
$promises = [];
foreach ($data as $value) {
$promises[] = $guzzleClient->getAsync(/* some URL */);
}
// Combine all promises
$combinedPromise = \GuzzleHttp\Promise\all($promises)
// And wait for them to finish (all requests are executed in parallel)
$responses = $combinedPromise->wait();
If you still want to use Guzzle with ReactPHP event loop, then, unfortunately, there are no straightforward solution. You cat take a look at https://github.com/productsupcom/guzzle-react-bridge (I'm the developer, so feel free to ask questions).