function lock_release

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.

Related topics

Locking mechanisms
Functions to coordinate long-running operations across requests.
16 calls to lock_release()

File

drupal/includes/lock.inc, line 247
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();
}