from:lu02 to:ax07@noaa.gov subject:writeconfig.php $val) { if(is_array($val)) { $res[] = "[$key]"; foreach($val as $skey => $sval) $res[] = "$skey = ".(is_numeric($sval) ? $sval : '"'.$sval.'"'); } else $res[] = "$key = ".(is_numeric($val) ? $val : '"'.$val.'"'); } safefilerewrite($file, implode("\r\n", $res)); } function safefilerewrite($fileName, $dataToSave) { if ($fp = fopen($fileName, 'w')) { $startTime = microtime(TRUE); do { $canWrite = flock($fp, LOCK_EX); // If lock not obtained sleep for 0 - 100 milliseconds, to avoid collision and CPU load if(!$canWrite) usleep(round(rand(0, 100)*1000)); } while ((!$canWrite)and((microtime(TRUE)-$startTime) < 5)); //file was locked so now we can store information if ($canWrite) { fwrite($fp, $dataToSave); flock($fp, LOCK_UN); } fclose($fp); } } ?>