Exception: Value of type null is not callable

[pczerkas]

Exception: Value of type null is not callable

[SimonFrings]

@pczerkas The error message you're seeing looks familiar, same has been reported in reactphp/async#16. Maybe it could be the case that you use an await() somewhere and forgot to wrap it into an async function. As the documentation of async says:

This function is specifically designed to complement the await() function. The await() function can be considered blocking from the perspective of the calling code. You can avoid this blocking behavior by wrapping it in an async() function call. Everything inside this function will still be blocked, but everything outside this function can be executed asynchronously without blocking::

Loop::addTimer(0.5, React\Async\async(function () {
    echo 'a';
    React\Async\await(React\Promise\Timer\sleep(1.0));
    echo 'c';
}));

Loop::addTimer(1.0, function () {
    echo 'b';
});

// prints "a" at t=0.5s
// prints "b" at t=1.0s
// prints "c" at t=1.5s

It's not explicitly written, but you can't use blocking code inside a promise or timer function. The same goes for await(), because it is also a blocking function. With the async() function this behavior can be avoided, but it only works in combination with await(), which means async() doesn't turn every blocking function magically into an async one.

You can read all about it in the reactphp/async readme.

Does this help?

[pczerkas]

@SimonFrings thanks! Yes, I've seen that issue, and also tried this ealier:

   $this->loop->addPeriodicTimer(
                    1.0,
                    async(function (
                    [...]

In the meantine I've downgraded react/async from v4.0.0 to v3.0.0, changed timer function signature to not pass to it whole object, but only string (testSessionId) and I'm seeing rock-solid stability now.

I guess I'll leave this configuration as it is.

[WyriHaximus]

Why are you passing $resolve by reference, and later checking if it someone is true?

[pczerkas]

These two are remnants of debugging: if I change to not pass $resolve by ref and remove if clause the same error happens.

if also demonstrates something strange: how can null value of $resolve pass the if statement?

[pczerkas]

This app is basically a forwarding proxy, but waits in controller to calculate address of destination node, that is ready to take connection (hence periodic timer).