diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ ugly-queue
 ==========
 
 A simple file-based queue system for PHP 5.3.3+
+
+Documentation and Test suites forthcoming.
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+    "name" : "dcarbone/ugly-queue",
+    "type" : "library",
+    "description" : "A simple file-based queue system for PHP 5.3.3+",
+
+    "keywords": [
+        "php",
+        "queue",
+        "file queue",
+        "ugly queue"
+    ],
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/dcarbone/ugly-queue",
+    "license": "GPLv3",
+
+    "authors" : [
+        {
+            "name" : "Daniel Carbone",
+            "email" : "daniel.p.carbone@gmail.com"
+        }
+    ],
+
+    "require" : {
+        "php" : ">=5.3.3",
+        "dcarbone/helpers" : "6.1.*"
+    },
+
+    "require-dev" : {
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "4.1.*"
+    },
+
+    "autoload" : {
+        "psr-4" : {
+            "DCarbone\\" : "src/"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<phpunit
+        bootstrap="./vendor/autoload.php"
+        colors="true"
+        convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
+        convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+        convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+        verbose="true"
+        stopOnFailure="false"
+        processIsolation="false"
+        backupGlobals="false"
+        syntaxCheck="true"
+        >
+
+    <testsuite name="UglyQueue">
+        <directory>./tests/UglyQueue</directory>
+        <exclude>./tests/misc</exclude>
+    </testsuite>
+
+    <filter>
+        <whitelist addUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
+            <directory suffix=".php">./src</directory>
+        </whitelist>
+    </filter>
+</phpunit>
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diff --git a/src/UglyQueue.php b/src/UglyQueue.php
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+++ b/src/UglyQueue.php
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+<?php namespace DCarbone;
+
+use DCarbone\Helpers\FileHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Class UglyQueue
+ * @package DCarbone
+ */
+class UglyQueue
+{
+    /** @var array */
+    protected $config;
+
+    /** @var string */
+    protected $queueBaseDir;
+
+    /** @var string */
+    protected $queueGroup = null;
+
+    /** @var string */
+    protected $queueGroupDirPath = null;
+
+    /** @var bool */
+    protected $haveLock = false;
+
+    /** @var bool */
+    protected $init = false;
+
+    /** @var resource */
+    protected $_tmpHandle;
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $config
+     * @throws \RuntimeException
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $config)
+    {
+        if (!isset($config['queue-base-dir']))
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('UglyQueue::__construct - "$config" parameter "queue-base-dir" not seen.');
+
+        if (!is_dir($config['queue-base-dir']) || !is_writable($config['queue-base-dir']))
+            throw new \RuntimeException('UglyQueue::__construct - "$config[\'queue-base-dir\']" points to a directory that either doesn\'t exist or is not writable');
+
+        $this->config = $config;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     */
+    public function __destruct()
+    {
+        $this->unlock();
+        $this->_populateQueue();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $ttl Time to live in seconds
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function lock($ttl = 250)
+    {
+        $already_locked = $this->isLocked();
+
+        // If there is no lock, currently
+        if ($already_locked === false)
+            return $this->haveLock = $this->createQueueLock($ttl);
+
+        // If we make it this far, there is already a lock in place.
+        return $this->haveLock = false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $ttl seconds to live
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function createQueueLock($ttl)
+    {
+        $ok = (bool)@file_put_contents(
+            $this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.lock',
+            json_encode(array('ttl' => $ttl, 'born' => time())));
+
+        if ($ok !== true)
+            return false;
+
+        $this->haveLock = true;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Close file_queue, writing out contents to file.
+     */
+    public function unlock()
+    {
+        if ($this->haveLock === true)
+        {
+            @FileHelper::superUnlink($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.lock');
+            $this->haveLock = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isLocked()
+    {
+        // First check for lock file
+        if (is_file($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.lock'))
+        {
+            $lock = json_decode(file_get_contents($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.lock'), true);
+
+            // If we have an invalid lock structure, THIS IS BAD.
+            if (!isset($lock['ttl']) || !isset($lock['born']))
+                return true;
+
+            $lock_ttl = ((int)$lock['born'] + (int)$lock['ttl']);
+
+            // If we're within the TTL of the lock, assume another thread is already processing.
+            // We'll pick it up on the next go around.
+            if ($lock_ttl > time())
+                return true;
+
+            // Else, remove lock file and assume we're good to go!
+            @FileHelper::superUnlink($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.lock');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // If no file, assume not locked.
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $queue_group
+     */
+    public function initialize($queue_group)
+    {
+        $this->queueBaseDir = $this->config['queue-base-dir'];
+
+        $this->queueGroup = $queue_group;
+        $this->queueGroupDirPath = $this->queueBaseDir.$queue_group.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+
+        // Create directory for this queue group
+        if (!is_dir($this->queueGroupDirPath))
+            mkdir($this->queueGroupDirPath);
+
+        // Insert "don't look here" index.html file
+        if (!file_exists($this->queueGroupDirPath.'index.html'))
+        {
+            $html = <<<HTML
+<html>
+<head>
+	<title>403 Forbidden</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<p>Directory access is forbidden.</p>
+</body>
+</html>
+HTML;
+            file_put_contents($this->queueGroupDirPath.'index.html', $html);
+        }
+
+        if (!file_exists($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt'))
+            file_put_contents($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt', '');
+
+        $this->init = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $count
+     * @throws \RuntimeException
+     * @return bool|array
+     */
+    public function processQueue($count = 1)
+    {
+        if ($this->init === false)
+            throw new \RuntimeException('file_queue::load_queue_data - Must first initialize queue!');
+
+        // If we don't have a lock, assume issue and move on.
+        if ($this->haveLock === false || !file_exists($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt'))
+            return false;
+
+        // Find number of lines in the queue file
+        $line_count  = FileHelper::getLineCount($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt');
+
+        // If queue line count is 0, assume empty
+        if ($line_count === 0)
+            return false;
+
+        // Try to open the file for reading / writing.
+        $queue_file_handle = fopen($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt', 'r+');
+        if ($queue_file_handle === false)
+            $this->unlock();
+
+        // Get an array of the oldest $count data in the queue
+        $data = array();
+        $start_line = $line_count - $count;
+        $i = 0;
+        while (($line = fscanf($queue_file_handle, "%s\t%s\n")) !== false && $i < $line_count)
+        {
+            if ($i++ >= $start_line)
+            {
+                list ($key, $value) = $line;
+                $data[$key] = $value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If we have consumed the rest of the file
+        if ($count >= $line_count)
+        {
+            rewind($queue_file_handle);
+            ftruncate($queue_file_handle, 0);
+            fclose($queue_file_handle);
+            $this->unlock();
+        }
+        // Otherwise, create new queue file minus the processed lines.
+        else
+        {
+            $tmp = fopen($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.tmp', 'w+');
+            rewind($queue_file_handle);
+            $i = 0;
+            while (($line = fgets($queue_file_handle)) !== false && $i < $start_line)
+            {
+                if ($line !== "\n" || $line !== "")
+                    fwrite($tmp, $line);
+
+                $i++;
+            }
+
+            fclose($queue_file_handle);
+            fclose($tmp);
+            FileHelper::superUnlink($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt');
+            rename($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.tmp', $this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt');
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param string|array $value
+     * @return bool
+     * @throws \RuntimeException
+     */
+    public function addToQueue($key, $value)
+    {
+        if ($this->init === false)
+            throw new \RuntimeException('file_queue::add_to_queue - Must first initialize queue!');
+
+        // If we don't have a lock, assume issue and move on.
+        if ($this->haveLock === false)
+            return false;
+
+        if (!is_resource($this->_tmpHandle))
+        {
+            $this->_tmpHandle = fopen($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.tmp', 'w+');
+            if ($this->_tmpHandle === false)
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        if (is_array($value) || $value instanceof \stdClass)
+            $value = json_encode($value);
+
+        return (bool)fwrite(
+            $this->_tmpHandle,
+            $key."\t".str_replace(array("\r\n", "\n"), ' ', $value)
+            ."\n");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If there is a tmp queue file, add it's contents to the beginning of a new queue file
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function _populateQueue()
+    {
+        if (is_resource($this->_tmpHandle))
+        {
+            if (file_exists($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt'))
+            {
+                $queue_file_handle = fopen($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt', 'r+');
+                while (($line = fgets($queue_file_handle)) !== false)
+                {
+                    if ($line !== "\n" && $line !== "")
+                        fwrite($this->_tmpHandle, $line);
+                }
+
+                fclose($queue_file_handle);
+                FileHelper::superUnlink($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt');
+            }
+
+            fclose($this->_tmpHandle);
+            rename($this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.tmp', $this->queueGroupDirPath.'queue.txt');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getQueueGroup()
+    {
+        return $this->queueGroup;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getQueueBaseDir()
+    {
+        return $this->queueBaseDir;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php b/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Class UglyQueueTest
+ */
+class UglyQueueTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::__construct
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     * @return \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     */
+    public function testCanConstructUglyQueueWithValidParameter()
+    {
+        $conf = array(
+            'queue-base-dir' => dirname(__DIR__).'/misc/',
+        );
+
+        $uglyQueue = new \DCarbone\UglyQueue($conf);
+
+        return $uglyQueue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::__construct
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testExceptionThrownWhenConstructingUglyQueueWithEmptyOrInvalidConf()
+    {
+        $conf = array();
+        $uglyQueue = new \DCarbone\UglyQueue($conf);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::__construct
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     * @expectedException \RuntimeException
+     */
+    public function testExceptionThrownWhenConstructingUglyQueueWithInvalidQueueBaseDirPath()
+    {
+        $conf = array(
+            'queue-base-dir' => 'sandwiches',
+        );
+
+        $uglyQueue = new \DCarbone\UglyQueue($conf);
+    }
+}
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+<h1>Hi!</h1>
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