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sem_release

Name

sem_release — Releases the semaphore with the given ID.

Synopsis

bool sem_release(id); int id: ID of semaphore to be released

Returns

TRUE on success; FALSE on failure

Description

sem_release() releases the semaphore with the ID specified by id , which must be a valid semaphore ID as returned by sem_get() . Once released, a semaphore can no longer be used by the script; however, a new semaphore ID with the same key can be acquired and used.

Version

PHP 3 since 3.0.6, PHP 4

Example

Example 1172. Release a semaphore

sem_release($sem_id);

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