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<h2 class="title">Basic interface</h2>
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The basic interface provides three simple functions, illustrated here:
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<p><strong>Example #1 "counter"'s basic interface</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$starting_counter_value </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">counter_get</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">counter_bump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$second_counter_value </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">counter_get</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">counter_reset</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$final_counter_value </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">counter_get</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%3d %3d %3d"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$starting_counter_value</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$second_counter_value</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$final_counter_value</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<p class="para">The above example will output:</p>
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0 1 0</pre></div></div>
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