Simplify usage by supporting new default loop

README.md

@@ -53,20 +53,17 @@ non-blocking HTTP requests and block until the first (faster) one resolves.
 ```php
 function blockingExample()
 {
-    // use a unique event loop instance for all parallel operations
-    $loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
     // this example uses an HTTP client
     // this could be pretty much everything that binds to an event loop
-    $browser = new React\Http\Browser($loop);
-    
+    $browser = new React\Http\Browser();
+
     // set up two parallel requests
     $request1 = $browser->get('http://www.google.com/');
     $request2 = $browser->get('http://www.google.co.uk/');
-    
+
     // keep the loop running (i.e. block) until the first response arrives
-    $fasterResponse = Clue\React\Block\awaitAny(array($request1, $request2), $loop);
-    
+    $fasterResponse = Clue\React\Block\awaitAny(array($request1, $request2));
+
     return $fasterResponse->getBody();
 }
 ```
@@ -98,19 +95,9 @@ use Clue\React\Block;
 Block\await(…);
 ```
 
-### EventLoop
-
-Each function is responsible for orchestrating the
-[`EventLoop`](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#usage)
-in order to make it run (block) until your conditions are fulfilled.
-
-```php
-$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-```
-
 ### sleep()
 
-The `sleep($seconds, LoopInterface $loop): void` function can be used to
+The `sleep(float $seconds, ?LoopInterface $loop = null): void` function can be used to
 wait/sleep for `$time` seconds.
 
 ```php
@@ -127,13 +114,19 @@ it keeps running until this timer triggers. This implies that if you pass a
 really small (or negative) value, it will still start a timer and will thus
 trigger at the earliest possible time in the future.
 
+This function takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+pass the event loop instance to use. You can use a `null` value here in order to
+use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop). This value
+SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a given event
+loop instance.
+
 ### await()
 
-The `await(PromiseInterface $promise, LoopInterface $loop, ?float $timeout = null): mixed` function can be used to
+The `await(PromiseInterface $promise, ?LoopInterface $loop = null, ?float $timeout = null): mixed` function can be used to
 block waiting for the given `$promise` to be fulfilled.
 
 ```php
-$result = Clue\React\Block\await($promise, $loop);
+$result = Clue\React\Block\await($promise);
 ```
 
 This function will only return after the given `$promise` has settled, i.e.
@@ -149,7 +142,7 @@ will throw an `UnexpectedValueException` instead.
 
 ```php
 try {
-    $result = Clue\React\Block\await($promise, $loop);
+    $result = Clue\React\Block\await($promise);
     // promise successfully fulfilled with $result
     echo 'Result: ' . $result;
 } catch (Exception $exception) {
@@ -160,6 +153,12 @@ try {
 
 See also the [examples](examples/).
 
+This function takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+pass the event loop instance to use. You can use a `null` value here in order to
+use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop). This value
+SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a given event
+loop instance.
+
 If no `$timeout` argument is given and the promise stays pending, then this
 will potentially wait/block forever until the promise is settled. To avoid
 this, API authors creating promises are expected to provide means to
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ start a timer and will thus trigger at the earliest possible time in the future.
 
 ### awaitAny()
 
-The `awaitAny(PromiseInterface[] $promises, LoopInterface $loop, ?float $timeout = null): mixed` function can be used to
+The `awaitAny(PromiseInterface[] $promises, ?LoopInterface $loop = null, ?float $timeout = null): mixed` function can be used to
 wait for ANY of the given promises to be fulfilled.
 
 ```php
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ $promises = array(
     $promise2
 );
 
-$firstResult = Clue\React\Block\awaitAny($promises, $loop);
+$firstResult = Clue\React\Block\awaitAny($promises);
 
 echo 'First result: ' . $firstResult;
 ```
@@ -199,6 +198,12 @@ promise resolved to and will try to `cancel()` all remaining promises.
 Once ALL promises reject, this function will fail and throw an `UnderflowException`.
 Likewise, this will throw if an empty array of `$promises` is passed.
 
+This function takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+pass the event loop instance to use. You can use a `null` value here in order to
+use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop). This value
+SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a given event
+loop instance.
+
 If no `$timeout` argument is given and ALL promises stay pending, then this
 will potentially wait/block forever until the promise is fulfilled. To avoid
 this, API authors creating promises are expected to provide means to
@@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ possible time in the future.
 
 ### awaitAll()
 
-The `awaitAll(PromiseInterface[] $promises, LoopInterface $loop, ?float $timeout = null): mixed[]` function can be used to
+The `awaitAll(PromiseInterface[] $promises, ?LoopInterface $loop = null, ?float $timeout = null): mixed[]` function can be used to
 wait for ALL of the given promises to be fulfilled.
 
 ```php
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ $promises = array(
     $promise2
 );
 
-$allResults = Clue\React\Block\awaitAll($promises, $loop);
+$allResults = Clue\React\Block\awaitAll($promises);
 
 echo 'First promise resolved with: ' . $allResults[0];
 ```
@@ -242,6 +247,12 @@ Once ANY promise rejects, this will try to `cancel()` all remaining promises
 and throw an `Exception`. If the promise did not reject with an `Exception`,
 then this function will throw an `UnexpectedValueException` instead.
 
+This function takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+pass the event loop instance to use. You can use a `null` value here in order to
+use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop). This value
+SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a given event
+loop instance.
+
 If no `$timeout` argument is given and ANY promises stay pending, then this
 will potentially wait/block forever until the promise is fulfilled. To avoid
 this, API authors creating promises are expected to provide means to

composer.json

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3",
-        "react/event-loop": "^1.0 || ^0.5 || ^0.4 || ^0.3.5",
+        "react/event-loop": "^1.2",
         "react/promise": "^2.7 || ^1.2.1",
         "react/promise-timer": "^1.5"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.3 || ^5.7 || ^4.8.35",
-        "react/http": "^1.0"
+        "react/http": "^1.4"
     }
 }

examples/01-await.php

@@ -9,18 +9,15 @@
  */
 function requestHttp($url)
 {
-    // use a unique event loop instance for this operation
-    $loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
     // This example uses an HTTP client
-    $browser = new React\Http\Browser($loop);
+    $browser = new React\Http\Browser();
 
     // set up one request
     $promise = $browser->get($url);
 
     try {
         // keep the loop running (i.e. block) until the response arrives
-        $result = Clue\React\Block\await($promise, $loop);
+        $result = Clue\React\Block\await($promise);
 
         // promise successfully fulfilled with $result
         return $result;

examples/02-await-any.php

@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
  */
 function requestHttpFastestOfMultiple($url1, $url2)
 {
-    // use a unique event loop instance for all parallel operations
-    $loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
     // This example uses an HTTP client
-    $browser = new React\Http\Browser($loop);
+    $browser = new React\Http\Browser();
 
     // set up two parallel requests
     $promises = array(
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ function requestHttpFastestOfMultiple($url1, $url2)
 
     try {
         // keep the loop running (i.e. block) until the first response arrives
-        $fasterResponse = Clue\React\Block\awaitAny($promises, $loop);
+        $fasterResponse = Clue\React\Block\awaitAny($promises);
 
         // promise successfully fulfilled with $fasterResponse
         return $fasterResponse;

examples/03-await-all.php

@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
  */
 function requestHttpMultiple($url1, $url2)
 {
-    // use a unique event loop instance for all parallel operations
-    $loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
     // This example uses an HTTP client
-    $browser = new React\Http\Browser($loop);
+    $browser = new React\Http\Browser();
 
     // set up two parallel requests
     $promises = array(
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ function requestHttpMultiple($url1, $url2)
 
     try {
         // keep the loop running (i.e. block) until all responses arrive
-        $allResults = Clue\React\Block\awaitAll($promises, $loop);
+        $allResults = Clue\React\Block\awaitAll($promises);
 
         // promise successfully fulfilled with $allResults
         return $allResults;

src/functions.php

@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace Clue\React\Block;
 
+use React\EventLoop\Loop;
 use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
-use React\Promise\PromiseInterface;
-use React\Promise\CancellablePromiseInterface;
-use UnderflowException;
-use Exception;
 use React\Promise;
+use React\Promise\CancellablePromiseInterface;
+use React\Promise\PromiseInterface;
 use React\Promise\Timer;
 use React\Promise\Timer\TimeoutException;
+use Exception;
+use UnderflowException;
 
 /**
  * Wait/sleep for `$time` seconds.
@@ -28,11 +29,17 @@
  * really small (or negative) value, it will still start a timer and will thus
  * trigger at the earliest possible time in the future.
  *
+ * This function takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+ * pass the event loop instance to use. You can use a `null` value here in order to
+ * use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop). This value
+ * SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a given event
+ * loop instance.
+ *
  * @param float $time
- * @param LoopInterface $loop
+ * @param ?LoopInterface $loop
  * @return void
  */
-function sleep($time, LoopInterface $loop)
+function sleep($time, LoopInterface $loop = null)
 {
     await(Timer\resolve($time, $loop), $loop);
 }
@@ -68,6 +75,12 @@ function sleep($time, LoopInterface $loop)
  *
  * See also the [examples](../examples/).
  *
+ * This function takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+ * pass the event loop instance to use. You can use a `null` value here in order to
+ * use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop). This value
+ * SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a given event
+ * loop instance.
+ *
  * If no `$timeout` argument is given and the promise stays pending, then this
  * will potentially wait/block forever until the promise is settled. To avoid
  * this, API authors creating promises are expected to provide means to
@@ -80,18 +93,19 @@ function sleep($time, LoopInterface $loop)
  * start a timer and will thus trigger at the earliest possible time in the future.
  *
  * @param PromiseInterface $promise
- * @param LoopInterface    $loop
- * @param null|float       $timeout [deprecated] (optional) maximum timeout in seconds or null=wait forever
+ * @param ?LoopInterface   $loop
+ * @param ?float           $timeout [deprecated] (optional) maximum timeout in seconds or null=wait forever
  * @return mixed returns whatever the promise resolves to
  * @throws Exception when the promise is rejected
  * @throws TimeoutException if the $timeout is given and triggers
  */
-function await(PromiseInterface $promise, LoopInterface $loop, $timeout = null)
+function await(PromiseInterface $promise, LoopInterface $loop = null, $timeout = null)
 {
     $wait = true;
     $resolved = null;
     $exception = null;
     $rejected = false;
+    $loop = $loop ?: Loop::get();
 
     if ($timeout !== null) {
         $promise = Timer\timeout($promise, $timeout, $loop);
@@ -164,6 +178,12 @@ function ($error) use (&$exception, &$rejected, &$wait, $loop) {
  * Once ALL promises reject, this function will fail and throw an `UnderflowException`.
  * Likewise, this will throw if an empty array of `$promises` is passed.
  *
+ * This function takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+ * pass the event loop instance to use. You can use a `null` value here in order to
+ * use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop). This value
+ * SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a given event
+ * loop instance.
+ *
  * If no `$timeout` argument is given and ALL promises stay pending, then this
  * will potentially wait/block forever until the promise is fulfilled. To avoid
  * this, API authors creating promises are expected to provide means to
@@ -176,14 +196,14 @@ function ($error) use (&$exception, &$rejected, &$wait, $loop) {
  * value, it will still start a timer and will thus trigger at the earliest
  * possible time in the future.
  *
- * @param array         $promises
- * @param LoopInterface $loop
- * @param null|float    $timeout [deprecated] (optional) maximum timeout in seconds or null=wait forever
+ * @param array          $promises
+ * @param ?LoopInterface $loop
+ * @param ?float         $timeout [deprecated] (optional) maximum timeout in seconds or null=wait forever
  * @return mixed returns whatever the first promise resolves to
  * @throws Exception if ALL promises are rejected
  * @throws TimeoutException if the $timeout is given and triggers
  */
-function awaitAny(array $promises, LoopInterface $loop, $timeout = null)
+function awaitAny(array $promises, LoopInterface $loop = null, $timeout = null)
 {
     // Explicitly overwrite argument with null value. This ensure that this
     // argument does not show up in the stack trace in PHP 7+ only.
@@ -249,6 +269,12 @@ function awaitAny(array $promises, LoopInterface $loop, $timeout = null)
  * and throw an `Exception`. If the promise did not reject with an `Exception`,
  * then this function will throw an `UnexpectedValueException` instead.
  *
+ * This function takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+ * pass the event loop instance to use. You can use a `null` value here in order to
+ * use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop). This value
+ * SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a given event
+ * loop instance.
+ *
  * If no `$timeout` argument is given and ANY promises stay pending, then this
  * will potentially wait/block forever until the promise is fulfilled. To avoid
  * this, API authors creating promises are expected to provide means to
@@ -261,14 +287,14 @@ function awaitAny(array $promises, LoopInterface $loop, $timeout = null)
  * value, it will still start a timer and will thus trigger at the earliest
  * possible time in the future.
  *
- * @param array         $promises
- * @param LoopInterface $loop
- * @param null|float    $timeout [deprecated] (optional) maximum timeout in seconds or null=wait forever
+ * @param array          $promises
+ * @param ?LoopInterface $loop
+ * @param ?float         $timeout [deprecated] (optional) maximum timeout in seconds or null=wait forever
  * @return array returns an array with whatever each promise resolves to
  * @throws Exception when ANY promise is rejected
  * @throws TimeoutException if the $timeout is given and triggers
  */
-function awaitAll(array $promises, LoopInterface $loop, $timeout = null)
+function awaitAll(array $promises, LoopInterface $loop = null, $timeout = null)
 {
     // Explicitly overwrite argument with null value. This ensure that this
     // argument does not show up in the stack trace in PHP 7+ only.

tests/FunctionAwaitAllTest.php

@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ public function testAwaitAllAllResolved()
         $this->assertEquals(array('first' => 1, 'second' => 2), Block\awaitAll($all, $this->loop));
     }
 
+    public function testAwaitAllReturnsArrayWithFulfilledValueFromSinglePromiseWithoutGivingLoop()
+    {
+        $promise = Promise\resolve(42);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array(42), Block\awaitAll(array($promise)));
+    }
+
     public function testAwaitAllRejected()
     {
         $all = array(