(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
shmop_open — Create or open shared memory block
$key
, string $flags
, int $mode
, int $size
)shmop_open() can create or open a shared memory block.
key
System's id for the shared memory block. Can be passed as a decimal or hex.
flags
The flags that you can use:
mode
The permissions that you wish to assign to your memory segment, those are the same as permission for a file. Permissions need to be passed in octal form, like for example 0644
size
The size of the shared memory block you wish to create in bytes
Note:
Note: the 3rd and 4th should be entered as 0 if you are opening an existing memory segment.
On success shmop_open() will return an id that you can
use to access the shared memory segment you've created. FALSE
is
returned on failure.
Example #1 Create a new shared memory block
<?php
$shm_key = ftok(__FILE__, 't');
$shm_id = shmop_open($shm_key, "c", 0644, 100);
?>
This example opened a shared memory block with a system id returned by ftok().