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to stop the process run 
kill `cat daemon.pid` 
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<?php 
include 'daemon.class.php'; 
 
//N.B.: don't open the database connection before daemonizing 
new Daemon(); 
 
for ($i=0;$i<3;++$i){ 
    echo 'script is using '.memory_get_usage()." bytes\n"; 
    $a[] = str_repeat('a',100000); 
    sleep(1); 
} 
 
//terminate the daemon with 20% probability 
(!mt_rand(0,5)) and Daemon::terminate(); 
 
?>
 
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