# win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher

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win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher — Registers the script with the SCM, so that it can act as the service with the given name

### Description

mixed win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher ( string `$name` )

When launched via the Service Control Manager, a service process is required to "check-in" with it to establish service monitoring and communication facilities. This function performs the check-in by spawning a thread to handle the lower-level communication with the service control manager.

Once started, the service process should continue to check-in with the service control manager so that it can determine if it should terminate. This is achieved by periodically calling win32_get_last_control_message() and handling the return code appropriately.

### Parameters

`name`

  The short-name of the service, as registered by win32_create_service().

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success, otherwise `FALSE` or a win32 error code.

### Examples

Example#1 A win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher() example

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`<?php
if (!win32_start_service_ctrl_dispatcher('dummyphp')) {
die("I'm probably not running under the service control manager");
}
while (WIN32_SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP != win32_get_last_control_message()) {
# do some work here, trying not to take more than around 30 seconds
# before coming back into the loop again
}
?>`

### See Also

- win32_get_last_control_message()