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+# php-async
+Asynchronous PHP callable processing with return values via SysV shared memory.<br/>
+Requires the `php-sysvshm` extension.<br/>
+Works with PHP from version 5.3 upwards due to `shm_attach(...)` returning a resource instead of an int.