RE: [PEAR] Package for classes that wrap shared memory primitives

> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Hristov [mailto:andrey@webgate.bg] > > Hello, > 9 days ago I sent a message to this list with proposal for > such package. I asked whether somone will PEAR-ify the code I > had written. Today I did this (hope that it is by the PEAR's > coding standards). The file is (shm.php) is attached. The > code provides class wrappers for shm_var, semaphore, shm_var > guarded with semaphore and implementation of a class that is > useful for protecting a server from loading too much > instances of a script. In fact the script is loaded but a > shm_var guarded with semaphore is used to protect the server > from running too many instances of this script. This class is > useful for backend scripts that directly communicate with > some frontend like Java applet(or application). However it > may be useful in the traditional web enviroment. A test case > is included in the file. Prerequisite is that php must be > compiled with --enable-sysvshm and --enable-sysvsem. Please > advice a name for this package. I cannot find appropriate > category for it thus for now it is Shm. Would be great if you could use your SystemV skills to write a sub-class of the PEAR cache class to use the servers memory to cache things rather than a file or dbase table. Is that possible though....? Regards, Mike C ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________