1 lock.inc lock_release($name)

Release a lock previously acquired by lock_acquire().

This will release the named lock if it is still held by the current request.

Parameters

$name: The name of the lock.

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File

core/includes/lock.inc, line 246
A database-mediated implementation of a locking mechanism.

Code

function lock_release($name) {
  global $locks;

  unset($locks[$name]);
  db_delete('semaphore')
    ->condition('name', $name)
    ->condition('value', _lock_id())
    ->execute();
}