#46790 [Bgs]: Memory leak with classes

ID: 46790 Updated by: scottmac@php.net Reported By: o_O_Tync at mail dot ru Status: Bogus Bug Type: Class/Object related Operating System: Win, FreeBSD PHP Version: 5.2.7 New Comment: I should also add that you can check your phpinfo() to see if zend.enable_gc is enabled, if not then add it to php.ini You then only need to call gc_collect_cycles() to run the garbage collector, it also runs automatically at certain times. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-07 15:33:07] scottmac@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. You have a cyclic reference here, even when you unset $obj1 and $obj2 there are still references to each other that exist. However PHP 5.3 has a garbage collector which will correctly deal with this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-07 13:18:16] o_O_Tync at mail dot ru >php.exe -v PHP 5.3.0alpha4-dev (cli) (built: Dec 6 2008 17:07:05) Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies Without the 'this helps' line >php.exe -f memleak.php Mem: 1166 Kb With the 'this helps' line >php.exe -f memleak.php Mem: 321 Kb The problem remains ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-07 07:13:01] lstrojny@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://windows.php.net/snapshots/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-07 06:34:02] o_O_Tync at mail dot ru Description: ------------ I've come across a memory leak: garbage collector failes to free memory occupied by linked objects, such as: $obj1->pair = $obj2; $obj2->pair = $obj1; Below goes the problematic piece of code: over many iterations - it occupies a lot of memory. If we comment 'line1' or 'line2' or both - memory is okay (48 Kb), but cross-linking reveals a bug (839 Kb) despite of explicit unsetting. The commented 'this helps' line solves the problem. Tested under WinXP, and FreeBSD 6.1 using the latest PHP 5.2.7 Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class Paired { /** Paired object * @var Paired */ public $pair; } for ($i=0;$i<2000;$i++) { $obj1 = new Paired; $obj2 = new Paired; $obj1->pair = $obj2; // 'line1' $obj2->pair = $obj1; // 'line2' // $obj1->pair = null; $obj2->pair = null; // this helps unset($obj1); unset($obj2); // Explicitly } print 'Mem: '.floor(memory_get_usage()/1024).' Kb'; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Mem: 48 Kb Actual result: -------------- Mem: 839 Kb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46790&edit=1