Mutex::trylock

(PECL pthreads >= 2.0.0)

Attempt to Acquire Mutex

final public static boolean Mutex::trylock ( long $mutex )

Attempt to lock the Mutex for the caller without blocking if the Mutex is owned (locked) by another Thread.

Parameters:

mutex

A handle returned by a previous call to Mutex::create().

Returns:

A boolean indication of success.

Examples:

Mutex Locking and Unlocking

<?php
/** You cannot use the "new" keyword, a Mutex is not a PHP object **/
$mutex = Mutex::create();
/** You can now try to lock the mutex in any context **/
var_dump(Mutex::trylock($mutex));
/** It is invalid to attempt to destroy a locked Mutex **/
var_dump(Mutex::unlock($mutex));
/** Always destroy mutex you have created **/
Mutex::destroy($mutex);
?>

The above example will output:

bool(true)
bool(true)

Links:

http://php.net/manual/en/mutex.trylock.php

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2016-02-24 16:05:31

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