PHP Functions Essential Reference

shmop_close

void shmop_close(int shmop_id) 

Closes (detaches from) a shared memory segment.

Returns:

Returns nothing useful (as of PHP 4.0.5, integer 0 on success and FALSE on failure; however, the return value is considered to be void, so don’t count on this)

Description:

shmop_close() closes the shared memory segment identified by shmop_id . shmop_id must be a valid shared memory identifier as returned by shmop_open(). Closing a segment doesn’t destroy its contents or free its memory.

Version:

PHP 4 since 4.0.3

See also:

shmop_delete() 
shmop_open() 
shmop_read() 
shmop_size() 
shmop_write() 

Example:

Close a shmop shared memory segment

shmop_close($shm_id);