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<h1 class="title">The Mutex class</h1>
<div class="partintro"><p class="verinfo">(PECL pthreads >= 0.34)</p>
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<h2 class="title">Introduction</h2>
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The static methods contained in the Mutex class provide direct access to Posix Mutex functionality.
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<h2 class="title">Class synopsis</h2>
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<strong class="classname">Mutex</strong>
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<div class="classsynopsisinfo classsynopsisinfo_comment">/* Methods */</div>
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<span class="modifier">final</span>
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type">long</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="mutex.create.html" class="methodname">create</a></span>
([ <span class="methodparam">
<span class="type">boolean</span>
<code class="parameter">$lock</code>
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] )</div>
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<span class="modifier">final</span>
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type">boolean</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="mutex.destroy.html" class="methodname">destroy</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">
<span class="type"><span class="type long">long</span></span>
<code class="parameter">$mutex</code>
</span>
)</div>
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<span class="modifier">final</span>
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type">boolean</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="mutex.lock.html" class="methodname">lock</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">
<span class="type"><span class="type long">long</span></span>
<code class="parameter">$mutex</code>
</span>
)</div>
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<span class="modifier">final</span>
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type">boolean</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="mutex.trylock.html" class="methodname">trylock</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">
<span class="type"><span class="type long">long</span></span>
<code class="parameter">$mutex</code>
</span>
)</div>
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<span class="modifier">final</span>
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type">boolean</span>
<span class="methodname"><a href="mutex.unlock.html" class="methodname">unlock</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam">
<span class="type"><span class="type long">long</span></span>
<code class="parameter">$mutex</code>
</span>
[, <span class="methodparam">
<span class="type">boolean</span>
<code class="parameter">$destroy</code>
</span>
] )</div>
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2><ul class="chunklist chunklist_reference"><li><a href="mutex.create.html">Mutex::create</a> — Create a Mutex</li><li><a href="mutex.destroy.html">Mutex::destroy</a> — Destroy Mutex</li><li><a href="mutex.lock.html">Mutex::lock</a> — Acquire Mutex</li><li><a href="mutex.trylock.html">Mutex::trylock</a> — Attempt to Acquire Mutex</li><li><a href="mutex.unlock.html">Mutex::unlock</a> — Release Mutex</li></ul>
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