Re: [PHP4BETA] fopen() append contention

August, : Have a quick question concerning fopen with append. : : With multiple scripts all writing to the same file, is there a risk that I : end up overwriting data, even though I specify append? : : ie. Instance one opens file for append, file pointer set to end of file. : Instance two already has an open copy for append, writes something. Instance : one writes something. : : The question is, can I avoid locking? comp.perl had a large discussion on : this, and the feeling was yes. I'd prefer to avoid a locking solution, and : am looking to be able to create log files along the lines of syslog which of : course doesn't requires locking. Well, the locking solution exists in both Perl and PHP, actually its borrowed from a unix system commant, and the lock is handled by the kernel (doesn't work on Win9X)... Checkout the flock() command! Thats what you need. Enjoy! Faisal