The SyncReaderWriter class

(PECL sync >= 1.0.0)

Introduction

A cross-platform, native implementation of named and unnamed reader-writer objects.

A reader-writer object allows many readers or one writer to access a resource. This is an efficient solution for managing resources where access will primarily be read-only but exclusive write access is occasionally necessary.

Class synopsis

SyncReaderWriter {

/* Methods */

public __construct ([ string $name [, bool $autounlock ]] )

public bool readlock ([ integer $wait ] )

public bool readunlock ( void )

public bool writelock ([ integer $wait ] )

public bool writeunlock ( void )

}