(PECL gearman >= 0.5.0)
GearmanClient::addTask — Add a task to be run in parallel
$function_name
   , string $workload
   [, mixed &$context
   [, string $unique
  ]] )Adds a task to be run in parallel with other tasks. Call this method for all the tasks to be run in parallel, then call GearmanClient::runTasks() to perform the work. Note that enough workers need to be available for the tasks to all run in parallel.
function_nameA registered function the worker is to execute
workloadSerialized data to be processed
contextApplication context to associate with a task
uniqueA unique ID used to identify a particular task
   A GearmanTask object or FALSE if the task could not be added.
  
Example #1 Basic submission of two tasks
<?php
# Create our gearman client
$gmclient= new GearmanClient(); 
# add the default job server
$gmclient->addServer(); 
# set a function to be called when the work is complete
$gmclient->setCompleteCallback("complete"); 
# add a task to perform the "reverse" function on the string "Hello World!"
$gmclient->addTask("reverse", "Hello World!", null, "1"); 
# add another task to perform the "reverse" function on the string "!dlroW olleH"
$gmclient->addTask("reverse", "!dlroW olleH", null, "2"); 
# run the tasks
$gmclient->runTasks(); 
function complete($task) 
{ 
  print "COMPLETE: " . $task->unique() . ", " . $task->data() . "\n"; 
}
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
COMPLETE: 2, Hello World! COMPLETE: 1, !dlroW olleH
Example #2 Basic submission of two tasks with passing application context
<?php
$client = new GearmanClient();
$client->addServer();
# set a function to be called when the work is complete
$client->setCompleteCallback("reverse_complete");
# Add some tasks for a placeholder of where to put the results
$results = array();
$client->addTask("reverse", "Hello World!", &$results, "t1");
$client->addTask("reverse", "!dlroW olleH", &$results, "t2");
$client->runTasks();
# The results should now be filled in from the callbacks
foreach ($results as $id => $result)
   echo $id . ": " . $result['handle'] . ", " . $result['data'] . "\n";
function reverse_complete($task, $results)
{
   $results[$task->unique()] = array("handle"=>$task->jobHandle(), "data"=>$task->data());
}
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
t2: H.foo:21, Hello World! t1: H:foo:22, !dlroW olleH