Event flags
Event::READ
This flag indicates an event that becomes active when the provided file descriptor (usually a stream resource, or socket) is ready for reading.
Event::WRITE
flag indicates an event that becomes active when the provided file descriptor (usually a stream resource, or socket) is ready for writing.
Event::SIGNAL
used to implement signal detection. See "Constructing signal events" below.
Event::TIMEOUT
indicates an event that becomes active after a timeout elapses. The Event::TIMEOUT
flag is ignored when constructing an event: one can either set a timeout when event is added , or not. It is set in the $what argument to the callback function when a timeout has occurred.
See also » Fast portable non-blocking network programming with Libevent, Working with events, Event flags