Lock mysql table with php

Question

Script 1.

$query_ = "lock tables test1 as test11 write";
mysql_query($query);
$query_ = "select * from test11";
sleep(20);
$query_ = "unlock tables";
mysql_query($query_);

Script 2.

$query_ = "select * from test1";
$result = mysql_query($query_);

The problem is that if i run second script while running first script. Table is not locked. And i can read any data from it.

I need it to be locked and return error.

How to make this work?

Answer 1

If you do not want others to access that table then use

LOCK TABLES test1 WRITE;

Other script will not return error but will wait until lock is released.

Hope it helps...

Answer 2

You are read locking the table with $query_ = "lock tables test1 as test11 read";- which means that other queries can still read it without any problems what-so-ever (Relevant link - scroll down to the section on lock types):

Info on the read lock type:

• The session that holds the lock can read the table (but not write it).
• Multiple sessions can acquire a READ lock for the table at the same time.
• Other sessions can read the table without explicitly acquiring a READ lock.

If you want to stop anything else so much as reding the table, you need to use a write lock as follows:

$query_ = "lock tables test1 as test11 write";