To install the Lock library in your project using Composer, first add the following to your composer.json config file.

{
    "require": {
        "gielfeldt/lock": "~1.0"
    }
}

Then run Composer's install or update commands to complete installation. Please visit the Composer homepage for more information about how to use Composer.

This lock handler ...

1. "Easy" API (™)
2. Separate storage logic to avoid boilerplate
3. Ensure release on lock destruction
4. Optionally persistent across requests
5. Event handlers on e.g. release
6. Force release (by non-owner)

namespace Gielfeldt\Lock\Example;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Gielfeldt\Lock;

$lockService = new Lock\LockService([
    'storage' => new Lock\Storage\Memory(),
]);

print "'mylock' is locked: " . $lockService->isLocked('mylock') . "\n";
print "Locking 'mylock'\n";

$lock = $lockService->acquire('mylock');
print "'mylock' is locked: " . $lockService->isLocked('mylock') . "\n";

$lock->bind('release', function ($lock) {
    print "RELEASE EVENT 2: " . $lock->getName() . "\n";
});

$lock->release();
print "'mylock' is locked: " . $lockService->isLocked('mylock') . "\n";

For more examples see the examples/ folder.

• Use arbitrary storage backends for locks
• Persist locks across scripts
• Ensure release of locks on end-of-scope
• Attach custom event handlers on lock release

1. Lots probably.