Cond::destroy

Destroy a Condition

Warning

The Cond class has been removed in pthreads v3.

Description

final public static boolean Cond::destroy ( long $condition )

Destroying Condition Variable handles must be carried out explicitly by the programmer when they are finished with the Condition Variable. No Threads should be blocking on a call to Cond::wait when the call to Cond::destroy takes place.

Parameters

condition

A handle to a Condition Variable returned by a previous call to Cond::create

Return Values

A boolean indication of success.

Examples

Example #1 Condition Creation and Destruction

<?php
/** You cannot use the "new" keyword, a Cond is not a PHP object **/
$cond Cond::create();
/** You can now use the Cond in any context **/
var_dump($cond);
/** Always destroy Cond you have created **/
Cond::destroy($cond);
?>

The above example will output:

int(4540682)