Synchronizing file access in PHP

[DPisarev]

Hi,

I know PHP and Perl are not the same thing, but unfortunately there is no dedicated PHP forum, so I came here.

My question is: how do I make sure that my PHP script accesses a flat file in a synchronized fashion, that is, how can I make sure the flat file is not being edited by two invocations of the script at once?

Thanks,
Dmitri.

 

[PaulTEG]

Dunno about php, but in Perl you'd lock the file using flock

--Paul

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