Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5641: php module fails to release memory

From: Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 15:02:01 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5641: php module fails to release memory
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RL>> Are we talking about the same script here? The script you sent was: RL>> RL>> <?php RL>> $a="0123456789"; RL>> for($i=0;$i<21;$i++)$a.=$a; RL>> print strlen($a); RL>> unset($a); RL>> ?> RL>> RL>> Surely the length of this string is only 210 characters. I suppose you RL>> meant to have two nested loops here? No it is not. After first loop $a becomse 20 characters. Next $a .= $a makes it 40 characters. That's exponential growth. -- Stanislav Malyshev stas@zend.com +972-3-6139665

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