Re: RFC proposal: fsync support for file resources

Hello David, isn't fflush exactly this: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fflush.php Greets Dennis Am 01.06.20 um 18:56 schrieb David Gebler: > Exactly as the subject says, I would like to propose an RFC for adding an > fsync() function for file resources, which would in essence be a thin > wrapper around C's fsync on UNIX systems and _commit on Windows. > > It seems to me an odd oversight that this has never been implemented in PHP > and means PHP has no way to perform durable file write operations, making > it inherently unsuitable for any systems requiring more intensive I/O, > mission critical logs, auditing, etc. > > I am not really a C programmer and I have been able to implement a simple > working prototype of this as a compiled extension in merely a few hours, so > I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to bring in to the language core where > the functionality really belongs. > > Every other major programming language otherwise comparable to PHP in > features supports a way of providing durability. > > Thanks. >