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shm_get_var

Name

shm_get_var — Fetches and returns a variable from shared memory.

Synopsis

mixed shm_get_var(id, variable_key); int id: ID of a shared memory segment int variable_key: Key number of variable to retrieve

Returns

Value from shared memory; FALSE on error

Description

shm_get_var() returns the variable identified by variable_key from the shared memory segment identified by shm_id . variable_key must be an integer or evaluate to an integer. If shm_id is not a valid identifier as returned by shm_attach() , or if there is no stored variable with the key given by variable_key , shm_get_var() returns FALSE.

Version

PHP 3 since 3.0.6, PHP 4

Example

Example 1175. Read a stored variable value

if (!$value = @shm_get_var($shm_id, $varkey)) {
    echo "Failed to retrieve variable '$varkey'; reason: $php_errormsg\n";
} else {
    echo "Variable $varname is: $value.\n";
}

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