Re: oops! flock() not work

On Mon, May 22, 2006 7:11 am, n.g. wrote: > flock() with LOCK_NB not work under , > nor does fopen() with 'x' mode, > my php is compiled as an apache module, and apache is running in > prefork mpm. > php version is 5.1.2 > > my code is > > <?php > $haslock=0; > if($lock=fopen('LOCK','w')){ This would work ONLY if the directory containing your PHP script on your website was world-writable. *THAT* would be particularly *BAD*!!! So you need to specify a php-writable (world-writable, in most cases) directory for your 'LOCK' file to live in, with something like: '/var/share/your_application_name/LOCK' > if(flock($lock,LOCK_EX|LOCK_NB))$has_lock=1; > } > > if($has_lock){ > //do something which should always be only one process > } > ?> > > or > > <?php > $has_lock=0; > $lock=fopen('LOCK','x'); > if($lock)$has_lock=1; > if(has_lock){ > // do something > } > > both of them wont work. > however cli mode works well. > > any clue? > > TIA. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm