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<h1 class="refname">Ev::backend</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL ev >= 0.2.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Ev::backend</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns an integer describing the backend used by libev.</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">final</span>
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type">int</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>Ev::backend</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Returns an integer describing the backend used by
<em class="emphasis">libev</em>
. See
<a href="class.ev.html#ev.constants.watcher-backends" class="link">Backend flags</a>
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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Returns an integer(bit mask) describing the backend used by
<em class="emphasis">libev</em>
.
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<a href="class.evembed.html" class="classname">EvEmbed</a>
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<span class="methodname"><a href="ev.embeddablebackends.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">Ev::embeddableBackends()</a> - Returns the set of backends that are embeddable in other event loops.</span>
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<span class="methodname"><a href="ev.recommendedbackends.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">Ev::recommendedBackends()</a> - Returns a bit mask of recommended backends for current
platform.</span>
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<span class="methodname"><a href="ev.supportedbackends.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">Ev::supportedBackends()</a> - Returns the set of backends supported by current libev
configuration.</span>
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<a href="class.ev.html#ev.constants.watcher-backends" class="link">Backend flags</a>
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