Req #17900 [Sus->Csd]: Unset() for function and class namespace

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17900&edit=1 ID: 17900 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: Sky at quit-clan dot de Summary: Unset() for function and class namespace -Status: Suspended +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: Any PHP Version: 4.2.1 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The runkit extension[1] provides respective features, so I'm closing this request. [1] <http://php.net/manual/en/book.runkit.php> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-19 19:01:49] clairaudiant at gmail dot com couldn't you loop through the $classarray and unset each $key => $value of the array? foreach ( $class as $key => $value ) { unset($class[$key]) } that should fully obliterate reference to the class. i think ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-21 12:17:57] mfischer@php.net It's engine2@lists.zend.com , sorry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-21 12:17:29] mfischer@php.net I think you should bring this up on the engine2@lists.php.net . In the past I had also the same reasons for it (dynamic remote code updating with PHP-GTK, etc.) but this won't be implemented just because of a few feature requests. I think the main problem is that "making it work" far exceeds the benefits over the time it takes to implement so we'll just have to forget it (imho). Suspending. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-21 11:08:53] Sky at quit-clan dot de ok, i got answers like this a thousand times. i am using php to write a console script. it should be able to dynamically load "modules" like DLLs under windows. These modules are, of course, coded in php and contain classes. the first time when such a module is executed by "eval" all classes in it are defined in class namespace, everything is fine. now i want to unload the module - who would i undefine it's class? even if i didn't use classes - functions can't be undefined, either. any other suggestions of how to implement a "DLL" like system? the only solution i can think of was encapsulating a general module in an class, instanciating it for every module i load, and call it's functions by the objects interface. but this will disable me from directly calling methods in my module... i know this sounds weird, but php is such a flexible language, it should be able to load functions/objects dynamically!! this would be great. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-21 10:53:57] derick@php.net uhm? this sounds like a VERY bad idea to me... and very clumsy programming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17900 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17900&edit=1