ZEND_FETCH_RESOURCE calls auto-destructor

WHen the user calls my init function I allocate a resource from my pointer with: ZEND_REGISTER_RESOURCE(return_value, handle, le_muscat); but in my close_muscat functio when I call: ZEND_FETCH_RESOURCE(my_pointer, struct Muscat_handle *, my_pointer, -1, "Muscat Handle", le_muscat); printf("Got resource back %d\n",my_pointer); // This never gets executed my debugging output shows it calls my registered resource destructor BEFORE it returns from ZEND_FETCH_RESOURCE, and then later core dumps. Am I using ZEND_REGISTER_RESOURCE properly? ZEND_FETCH_RESOURCE? Thanks Sam