cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/dba/functions dba-open.xml

helly Wed Nov 6 04:57:34 2002 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/reference/dba/functions dba-open.xml Log: Closing Bug #19077 #maybe someone will analyse which libraries fail and wich work (e.g. wait). Index: phpdoc/en/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml:1.3 phpdoc/en/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml:1.4 --- phpdoc/en/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml:1.3 Thu Apr 25 17:45:45 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml Wed Nov 6 04:57:33 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ --> <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/dba.xml, last change in rev 1.2 --> <refentry id="function.dba-open"> <refnamediv> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> - <type>resource</type><methodname>dba_open</methodname> + <type>resource|false</type><methodname>dba_open</methodname> <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>path</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>handler</parameter></methodparam> @@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ <function>dba_open</function> returns a positive handle or &false;, in the case the open is successful or fails, respectively. </para> + <note> + <para> + There can only be one writer for one database file. When you use dba on + a webserver and more than one request requires write operations they can + only be done one after another. Unfortuanetly some of the external + libraries simply fail or ignore this when trying to open the database for + another write operation. In this case you must use semaphores to guard + against. See <link linkend="ref.sysvsem">System V semaphore support</link>. + </para> + </note> <para> See also: <function>dba_popen</function>