#29685 [NEW]: Destructor is called to late, unset do not work

From: sampw at hotmail dot com Operating system: Win XP SP2 PHP version: 5CVS-2004-08-15 (dev) PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: Destructor is called to late, unset do not work Description: ------------ Destructor is not called to late. If you use a singleton pattern unset does not work, because there exist a private static reference for the object. Why is the destructor called so unreliable? Is such a singleton pattern not possible in PHP? Or must the static $instance be public, inorder to unset it manually? (Not a nice solution?!) Reproduce code: --------------- class Session { //Db Session (Singleton) static private $instance = false; private function __construct() { } public function __destruct() { $this->sessionWriteClose(); // e.G. store session data } static function instance() { if(!Session::$instance) Session::$instance = new Session(); return Session::$instance; } } $OBJ_SESSION = Session::instance(); unset($OBJ_SESSION); // Does not work, because of the static private $instance -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29685&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29685&r=float