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wez Mon Apr 29 09:11:05 2002 EDT Added files: /phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions msg-get-queue.xml msg-receive.xml msg-remove-queue.xml msg-send.xml msg-set-queue.xml msg-stat-queue.xml Modified files: /phpdoc/en/reference/sem functions.xml reference.xml /phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions sem-get.xml shm-attach.xml Log: Document sysvmsg extension functions. Flesh out the ftok docs and add see-also links to relevant functions.

Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions.xml:1.1 phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions.xml:1.2 --- phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions.xml:1.1 Sun Apr 14 20:11:03 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions.xml Mon Apr 29 09:11:04 2002 @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ &reference.sem.functions.ftok; +&reference.sem.functions.msg-get-queue; +&reference.sem.functions.msg-receive; +&reference.sem.functions.msg-remove-queue; +&reference.sem.functions.msg-send; +&reference.sem.functions.msg-set-queue; +&reference.sem.functions.msg-stat-queue; &reference.sem.functions.sem-acquire; &reference.sem.functions.sem-get; &reference.sem.functions.sem-release; Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/reference.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/sem/reference.xml:1.2 phpdoc/en/reference/sem/reference.xml:1.3 --- phpdoc/en/reference/sem/reference.xml:1.2 Mon Apr 15 17:57:21 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/reference.xml Mon Apr 29 09:11:04 2002 @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ --> <reference id="ref.sem"> - <title>Semaphore and Shared Memory Functions</title> + <title>Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions</title> <titleabbrev>Semaphore</titleabbrev> <partintro> <para> - This module provides semaphore functions using System V - semaphores. Semaphores may be used to provide exclusive access to + This module provides wrappers for the System V IPC family of functions. + It includes semaphores, shared memory and inter-process messaging (IPC). + </para> + <para> + Semaphores may be used to provide exclusive access to resources on the current machine, or to limit the number of processes that may simultaneously use a resource. </para> @@ -46,6 +49,12 @@ </tbody> </tgroup> </table> + </para> + <para> + The messaging functions may be used to send and receive messages to/from + other processes. They provide a simple and effective means of exchanging + data between processes, without the need for setting up an alternative + using unix domain sockets. </para> <note> <simpara> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/sem-get.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/sem-get.xml:1.2 phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/sem-get.xml:1.3 --- phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/sem-get.xml:1.2 Wed Apr 17 02:43:52 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/sem-get.xml Mon Apr 29 09:11:04 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ --> <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/sem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 --> <refentry id="function.sem-get"> <refnamediv> @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ identifiers access the same underlying semaphore. </para> <para> - See also: <function>sem_acquire</function> and - <function>sem_release</function>. + See also: <function>sem_acquire</function>, + <function>sem_release</function> and <function>ftok</function>. </para> <note> <simpara> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/shm-attach.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/shm-attach.xml:1.2 phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/shm-attach.xml:1.3 --- phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/shm-attach.xml:1.2 Wed Apr 17 02:43:52 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/shm-attach.xml Mon Apr 29 09:11:05 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ --> <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/sem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 --> <refentry id="function.shm-attach"> <refnamediv> @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ identifier, but both identifiers access the same underlying shared memory. <parameter>Memsize</parameter> and <parameter>perm</parameter> will be ignored. + </para> + <para> + See also: <function>ftok</function>. </para> <note> <simpara> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-get-queue.xml +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-get-queue.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ --> <refentry id="function.msg-get-queue"> <refnamediv> <refname>msg_get_queue</refname> <refpurpose> Create or attach to a message queue </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> <type>int</type><methodname>msg_get_queue</methodname> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>key</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>perms</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> <para> <function>msg_get_queue</function> returns an id that can be used to access the System V message queue with the given <parameter>key</parameter>. The first call creates the message queue with the optional <parameter>perms</parameter> (default: 0666). A second call to <function>msg_get_queue</function> for the same <parameter>key</parameter> will return a different message queue identifier, but both identifiers access the same underlying message queue. If the message queue already exists, the <parameter>perms</parameter> will be ignored. </para> <para> See also: <function>msg_remove_queue</function>, <function>msg_receive</function>, <function>msg_send</function>, <function>msg_stat_queue</function> and <function>msg_set_queue</function>. </para> <para> This function was introduced in PHP 4.3.0 (not yet released). </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 --> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-receive.xml +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-receive.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ --> <refentry id="function.msg-receive"> <refnamediv> <refname>msg_receive</refname> <refpurpose> Receive a message from a message queue </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> <type>bool</type><methodname>msg_receive</methodname> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>queue</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>msgtype</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>maxsize</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>message</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>unserialize</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>flags</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>errorcode</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> <para> <function>msg_receive</function> will receive the first message from the specified <parameter>queue</parameter> of the type specified by <parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter>. The type of the message that was received will be stored in <parameter>msgtype</parameter>. The maximum size of message to be accepted is specified by the <parameter>maxsize</parameter>; if the message in the queue is larger than this size the function will fail (unless you set <parameter>flags</parameter> as described below). The received message will be stored in <parameter>message</parameter>, unless there were errors receiving the message, in which case the optional <parameter>errorcode</parameter> will be set to the value of the system errno variable to help you identify the cause. </para> <para> If <parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter> is 0, the message from the front of the queue is returned. If <parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter> is greater than 0, then the first message of that type is returned. If <parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter> is less than 0, the first message on the queue with the lowest type less than or equal to the absolute value of <parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter> will be read. If no messages match the criteria, your script will wait until a suitable message arrives on the queue. You can prevent the script from blocking by specifying MSG_IPC_NOWAIT in the <parameter>flags</parameter> parameter. </para> <para> <parameter>unserialize</parameter> defaults to &true;; if it is set to &true;, the message is treated as though it was serialized using the same mechanism as the session module. The message will be unserialized and then returned to your script. This allows you to easily receive arrays or complex object structures from other PHP scripts, or if you are using the WDDX serializer, from any WDDX compatible source. If <parameter>unserialize</parameter> is &false;, the message will be returned as a binary-safe string. </para> <para> The optional <parameter>flags</parameter> allows you to pass flags to the low-level msgrcv system call. It defaults to 0, but you may specify one or more of the following values (by adding or ORing them together). <table> <title>Flag values for msg_receive</title> <tgroup cols="2"> <tbody> <row> <entry>MSG_IPC_NOWAIT</entry> <entry>If there are no messages of the <parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter>, return immediately and do not wait. The function will fail and return an integer value corresponding to ENOMSG. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>MSG_EXCEPT</entry> <entry>Using this flag in combination with a <parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter> greater than 0 will cause the function to receive the first message that is not equal to <parameter>desiredmsgtype</parameter>.</entry> </row> <row> <entry>MSG_NOERROR</entry> <entry> If the message is longer than <parameter>maxsize</parameter>, setting this flag will truncate the message to <parameter>maxsize</parameter> and will not signal an error. </entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> </para> <para> Upon successful completion the message queue data structure is updated as follows: <parameter>msg_lrpid</parameter> is set to the process-ID of the calling process, <parameter>msg_qnum</parameter> is decremented by 1 and <parameter>msg_rtime</parameter> is set to the current time. </para> <para> <function>msg_receive</function> returns &true; on success or &false; on failure. If the function fails, the optional <parameter>errorcode</parameter> will be set to the value of the system errno variable. </para> <para> See also: <function>msg_remove_queue</function>, <function>msg_send</function>, <function>msg_stat_queue</function> and <function>msg_set_queue</function>. </para> <para> This function was introduced in PHP 4.3.0 (not yet released). </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 --> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-remove-queue.xml +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-remove-queue.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ --> <refentry id="function.msg-remove-queue"> <refnamediv> <refname>msg_remove_queue</refname> <refpurpose> Destroy a message queue </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> <type>bool</type><methodname>msg_remove_queue</methodname> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>queue</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> <para> <function>msg_remove_queue</function> destroys the message queue specified by the <parameter>queue</parameter>. Only use this function when all processes have finished working with the message queue and you need to release the system resources held by it. </para> <para> See also: <function>msg_remove_queue</function>, <function>msg_receive</function>, <function>msg_stat_queue</function> and <function>msg_set_queue</function>. </para> <para> This function was introduced in PHP 4.3.0 (not yet released). </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 --> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-send.xml +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-send.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ --> <refentry id="function.msg-send"> <refnamediv> <refname>msg_send</refname> <refpurpose> Send a message to a message queue </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> <type>bool</type><methodname>msg_send</methodname> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>queue</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>msgtype</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>message</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>serialize</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>blocking</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>errorcode</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> <para> <function>msg_send</function> sends a <parameter>message</parameter> of type <parameter>msgtype</parameter> (which MUST be greater than 0) to a the message queue specified by <parameter>queue</parameter>. </para> <para> If the message is too large to fit in the queue, your script will wait until another process reads messages from the queue and frees enough space for your message to be sent. This is called blocking; you can prevent blocking by setting the optional <parameter>blocking</parameter> parameter to &false;, in which case <function>msg_send</function> will immediately return &false; if the message is too big for the queue, and set the optional <parameter>errorcode</parameter> to EAGAIN, indicating that you should try to send your message again a little later on. </para> <para> The optional <parameter>serialize</parameter> controls how the <parameter>message</parameter> is sent. <parameter>serialize</parameter> defaults to &true; which means that the <parameter>message</parameter> is serialized using the same mechanism as the session module before being sent to the queue. This allows complex arrays and objects to be sent to other PHP scripts, or if you are using the WDDX serializer, to any WDDX compatible client. </para> <para> Upon successful completion the message queue data structure is updated as follows: <parameter>msg_lspid</parameter> is set to the process-ID of the calling process, <parameter>msg_qnum</parameter> is incremented by 1 and <parameter>msg_stime</parameter> is set to the current time. </para> <para> See also: <function>msg_remove_queue</function>, <function>msg_receive</function>, <function>msg_stat_queue</function> and <function>msg_set_queue</function>. </para> <para> This function was introduced in PHP 4.3.0 (not yet released). </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 --> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-set-queue.xml +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-set-queue.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ --> <refentry id="function.msg-set-queue"> <refnamediv> <refname>msg_set_queue</refname> <refpurpose> Set information in the message queue data structure </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> <type>bool</type><methodname>msg_set_queue</methodname> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>queue</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>data</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> <para> <function>msg_set_queue</function> allows you to change the values of the msg_perm.uid, msg_perm.gid, msg_perm.mode and msg_qbytes fields of the underlying message queue data structure. You specify the values you require by setting the value of the keys that you require in the <parameter>data</parameter> array. </para> <para> Changing the data structure will require that PHP be running as the same user that created the the queue, owns the queue (as determined by the existing msg_perm.xxx fields), or be running with root privileges. root privileges are required to raise the msg_qbytes values above the system defined limit. </para> <para> See also: <function>msg_remove_queue</function>, <function>msg_receive</function>, <function>msg_stat_queue</function> and <function>msg_set_queue</function>. </para> <para> This function was introduced in PHP 4.3.0 (not yet released). </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 --> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-stat-queue.xml +++ phpdoc/en/reference/sem/functions/msg-stat-queue.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ --> <refentry id="function.msg-stat-queue"> <refnamediv> <refname>msg_stat_queue</refname> <refpurpose> Returns information from the message queue data structure </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> <type>array</type><methodname>msg_stat_queue</methodname> <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>queue</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> <para> <function>msg_stat_queue</function> returns the message queue meta data for the message queue specified by the <parameter>queue</parameter>. This is useful, for example, to determine which process sent the message that was just received. </para> <para> The return value is an array whose keys and values have the following meanings: <table> <title>Array structure for msg_stat_queue</title> <tgroup cols="2"> <tbody> <row> <entry>msg_perm.uid</entry> <entry> The uid of the owner of the queue. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_perm.gid</entry> <entry> The gid of the owner of the queue. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_perm.mode</entry> <entry> The file access mode of the queue. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_stime</entry> <entry> The time that the last message was sent to the queue. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_rtime</entry> <entry> The time that the last message was received from the queue. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_ctime</entry> <entry> The time that the queue was last changed. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_qnum</entry> <entry> The number of messages waiting to be read from the queue. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_qbytes</entry> <entry> The number of bytes of space currently available in the queue to hold sent messages until they are received. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_lspid</entry> <entry> The pid of the process that sent the last message to the queue. </entry> </row> <row> <entry>msg_lrpid</entry> <entry> The pid of the process that received the last message from the queue. </entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> </para> <para> See also: <function>msg_remove_queue</function>, <function>msg_receive</function>, <function>msg_stat_queue</function> and <function>msg_set_queue</function>. </para> <para> This function was introduced in PHP 4.3.0 (not yet released). </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 -->
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