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Asked: June 17, 20262026-06-17T19:33:50+00:00 2026-06-17T19:33:50+00:00

We have semaphores: http://php.net/manual/en/book.sem.php , but what is the use of them in PHP

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We have semaphores: http://php.net/manual/en/book.sem.php, but what is the use of them in PHP if we can’t use Threads?

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    2026-06-17T19:33:52+00:00Added an answer on June 17, 2026 at 7:33 pm

    You can use them for inter-process synchronisation. pcntl_fork comes to mind.

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