// Here is an example of working with message queues.
// if you have forked processes, this could be a great way of passing
// out work to them
// create the message queue
// pick a file..
$key_t = msg_get_queue(ftok("/tmp/php_msgqueue.stat", 'R'),0666 | IPC_CREAT);
// place two messages on the queue
if (!msg_send ($key_t, 1, 'This is message #1', true, true, $msg_err))
echo "Msg not sent because $msg_err\n";
if (!msg_send ($key_t, 1, 'This is message #2 ', true, true, $msg_err))
echo "Msg not sent because $msg_err\n";
// lets look at the queue structure 'msg_qnum' is really what we want to see
// it should be '2'
print_r(msg_stat_queue($key_t));
// pull off the stack
if (msg_receive ($key_t, 1, $msg_type, 16384, $msg, true, 0, $msg_error)) {
if ($msg == 'Quit');
echo "$msg\n"; // prints 'This is message #1'
} else {
echo "Received $msg_error fetching message\n";
}
// look at the structure again, ms_qnum should be '1'
print_r(msg_stat_queue($key_t));
if (msg_receive ($key_t, 1, $msg_type, 16384, $msg, true, 0, $msg_error)) {
if ($msg == 'Quit');
echo "$msg\n"; // prints 'This is message #2'
} else {
echo "Received $msg_error fetching message\n";
}
// look at the structure again, ms_qnum should be '0', no more messages on the queue
print_r(msg_stat_queue($key_t));
// get rid of the queue we created
msg_remove_queue ($key_t);