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File: Sync.demo.3.php
Role: Example script
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Description: Demo: Mutex-style locks usage example
Class: PHP Sync Files
Share variables across applications using files
Author: By
Last change: changed Description
Date: 10 years ago
Size: 2,140 bytes
 

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<?php

/**
 * Mutexes are used to avoid concurrent access to your shared
 * variables.
 *
 * This demo shows you:
 * - why you should use mutexes
 * - how to use mutex-style locks with Sync
 *
 * Should be run using PHP Cli
 */
require("Sync.php");

$sync = new Sync("/tmp/demo.sync");

// Master process (the one you launched)
if (isset($argv[1]) === false)
{
   
$sync->withoutMutexAlreadyCalculated = false;
   
$sync->withoutMutex = 1;
   
$sync->withMutexAlreadyCalculated = false;
   
$sync->withMutex = 1;

   
// Execute 5 daemons
    // see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12341421
   
$command = sprintf("/usr/bin/php %s demo > /dev/null 2>&1 &", escapeshellarg($argv[0]));
   
exec($command);
   
exec($command);
   
exec($command);
   
exec($command);
   
exec($command);

   
// Wait for all daemons to end
   
sleep(3);

   
// Display results
   
echo sprintf("Without mutex, 1 + 1 = %d\n", $sync->withoutMutex); // random between 2 and 6
   
echo sprintf("With a mutex, 1 + 1 = %d\n", $sync->withMutex); // 2
}

// Without mutex...
if (isset($argv[1]) === true)
{
   
// for all processes, this condition is true
   
if ($sync->withoutMutexAlreadyCalculated === false)
    {
       
// a "long" calculation
       
sleep(1);

       
$sync->withoutMutex = $sync->withoutMutex + 1;
       
$sync->withoutMutexAlreadyCalculated = true;
    }
}

// With a mutex...
if (isset($argv[1]) === true)
{
   
$sync->lock();
   
// Only one process at once can pass between lock and unlock.
    // So this condition is true only once.
   
if ($sync->withMutexAlreadyCalculated === false)
    {
       
// a "long" calculation
       
sleep(1);

       
$sync->withMutex = $sync->withMutex + 1;
       
$sync->withMutexAlreadyCalculated = true;
    }
   
$sync->unlock();
}

/*
 * Explaination : access to $sync->withoutMutexAlreadyCalculated and
 * $sync->withoutMutex is concurrent : it means, before those variables has
 * been set by a process, they have been read with the same value several times.
 * Result of our calculation becomes unexepected.
 */