feature #6705 [Process] Introduce InputStream and iterator for output (nicolas-grekas)

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[Process] Introduce InputStream and iterator for output

Rebase of #6424

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51ac1a6 [Process] Introduce InputStream and iterator for output

Author: wouterj

components/process.rst

@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@ the contents of the output and
 :method:`Symfony\\Component\\Process\\Process::clearErrorOutput` clears
 the contents of the error output.
 
+.. versionadded:: 3.1
+    Support for streaming the output of a process was introduced in
+    Symfony 3.1.
+
+You can also use the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Process\\Process` class with the
+foreach construct to get the output while it is generated. By default, the loop waits
+for new output before going to the next iteration::
+
+    $process = new Process('ls -lsa');
+    $process->start();
+
+    foreach ($process as $type => $data) {
+        if ($process::OUT === $type) {
+            echo "\nRead from stdout: ".$data;
+        } else { // $process::ERR === $type
+            echo "\nRead from stderr: ".$data;
+        }
+    }
+
 The ``mustRun()`` method is identical to ``run()``, except that it will throw
 a :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Process\\Exception\\ProcessFailedException`
 if the process couldn't be executed successfully (i.e. the process exited
@@ -128,6 +147,50 @@ are done doing other stuff::
     which means that your code will halt at this line until the external
     process is completed.
 
+Streaming to the Standard Input of a Process
+--------------------------------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.1
+    Support for streaming the input of a process was introduced in
+    Symfony 3.1.
+
+Before a process is started, you can specify its standard input using either the
+:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Process\\Process::setInput` method or the 4th argument
+of the constructor. The provided input can be a string, a stream resource or a
+Traversable object::
+
+    $process = new Process('cat');
+    $process->setInput('foobar');
+    $process->run();
+
+When this input is fully written to the subprocess standard input, the corresponding
+pipe is closed.
+
+In order to write to a subprocess standard input while it is running, the component
+provides the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Process\\InputStream` class::
+
+    $input = new InputStream();
+    $input->write('foo');
+
+    $process = new Process('cat');
+    $process->setInput($input);
+    $process->start();
+
+    // ... read process output or do other things
+
+    $input->write('bar');
+    $input->close();
+
+    $process->wait();
+
+    // will echo: foobar
+    echo $process->getOutput();
+
+The :method:`Symfony\\Component\\Process\\InputStream::write` method accepts scalars,
+stream resources or Traversable objects as argument. As shown in the above example,
+you need to explicitly call the :method:`Symfony\\Component\\Process\\InputStream::close`
+method when you are done writing to the standard input of the subprocess.
+
 Stopping a Process
 ------------------