php-updater v1.0.3

PHP-AUTO-UPDATER

PHP-AUTO-UPDATER is a version manager with PHP as the backend, which provides a front-end page for you to easily modify the version number and update log of your software for users to receive automatic update notifications.

##ABOUT:Why am I building this wheel?

I'm a full stack developer myself, and I've written some personal Electron projects, but they lack an updater. At this point, some people may want to say: "Hey, doesn't Electron have an autoUpdater, what are you doing in vain?", unfortunately, I don't have a fully autonomous server, my website is deployed on a virtual host, so I can't Use the autoUpdater provided in Electron. This wheel is built to reduce the cost of version management for individual developers.

Install

Please unzip the content downloaded from the Release branch, and place all the content in ./website in any folder on your server that can be accessed through the link, and remember the path you placed.

Open PS in your software, type npm install php-updater

use

After importing the php-updater package, build an updater like this:

var updater = new Updater('https://peercat.cn/','1.0.0',path.join(__dirname,'temp'),'install.exe')

CHECK() checks for updates

There are two ways to use CHECK, the first standard use is:

updater.check(60);

This method instructs the updater to check for updates every 60 seconds. Returns true when a version is available

The second standard usage is:

updater.check();

This method instructs the updater to check for an update. Returns true when there is a version available (==recommended this method==)

UPDATEASYNC() update

Calling UPDATEASYNC will start the download of the installation package. Returns true when the download is complete.