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version 1.1, 2012/02/21 23:48:01	version 1.1.1.2, 2013/07/22 01:32:01
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While developing a search deamon we needed a php based front end	While developing a search deamon we needed a php based front end
to communicate the deamon via SHM. PHP already had a shared memory	to communicate the deamon via SHM. PHP already had a shared memory
extention (sysvshm) written by Christian Cartus <cartus@atrior.de>,	extension (sysvshm) written by Christian Cartus <cartus@atrior.de>,
unfortunatly this extention was designed with PHP only in mind and	unfortunately this extension was designed with PHP only in mind and
offers high level features which are extremly bothersome for basic SHM	offers high level features which are extremly bothersome for basic SHM
we had in mind. After spending a day trying to reverse engineer and figure	we had in mind. After spending a day trying to reverse engineer and figure
out the format of sysvshm we decided that it would be much easier to	out the format of sysvshm we decided that it would be much easier to
add our own extention to php for simple SHM operations, we were right :)).	add our own extension to php for simple SHM operations, we were right :)).

the functions are:	the functions are: