The SyncMutex class

(PECL sync >= 1.0.0)

Introduction

A cross-platform, native implementation of named and unnamed countable mutex objects.

A mutex is a mutual exclusion object that restricts access to a shared resource (e.g. a file) to a single instance. Countable mutexes acquire the mutex a single time and internally track the number of times the mutex is locked. The mutex is unlocked as soon as it goes out of scope or is unlocked the same number of times that it was locked.

Class synopsis

SyncMutex {

/* Methods */

public __construct ([ string $name ] )

public bool lock ([ integer $wait ] )

public bool unlock ([ bool $all ] )

}

SyncMutex::__construct — Constructs a new SyncMutex object
SyncMutex::lock — Waits for an exclusive lock
SyncMutex::unlock — Unlocks the mutex

The SyncMutex class

Introduction

Class synopsis

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