Just a question and comment since I've been looking into php's flock on windows.
First, the documentation states 'When using a multithreaded server API like ISAPI you may not be able to rely on flock() to protect files against other PHP scripts running in parallel threads of the same server instance!'. PHP's implementation on windows uses LockFileEx. I have found *NO* documentation, news postings, etc. etc. on LockFileEx anywhere supporting that statement in the PHP documentation. What documentation does say is that locks are not inherited by spawned child processes (A good thing). So I would be interested in the source of our documentation, or pointers to any documentation on the subject, if anyone knows. Second, LockFileEx is not supported on win9x, we could be using a simple LockFile call for those platforms. There is no way to do a blocking lock call with LockFile, but at least it would supply win9x with partial flock support. At the least, documentation should state that flock is not supported on win9x/ME/CE. Shane -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
