MySQL lock mechanism for Laravel

Installation

Require this package in your composer.json and update composer. Run the following command:

composer require tsfcorp/mysql-lock

After updating composer, the service provider will automatically be registered and enabled, along with the facade, using Auto-Discovery

Usage Instructions

MysqlLock library can be used when you don't want two processes to overlap

if ( ! MysqlLock::get($lock_name))
{
    // a lock already exists. Please try again later
}

Make sure that at the end of your script to always release the lock:

MysqlLock::release($lock_name);