Re: Re: Emulating a class destructor

> This is completely off the top of my head (i've never done this > before) -- but try single-quoting it to prevent interpolation > > register_shutdown_function('$this->cleanup()'); > Hiya, thanks for the suggestion, but i get the same 'Unable to call ...' message. Any other ways you can think of? I tried the following: '$this->cleanup()' '$this->cleanup' I also tried the :: syntax but it woudlnt work, plus the actions to be performed rely on data contained within the instance. TIA, Dw. > -- > Scott Hurring > Systems Programmer > EAC Corporation > scott (*) eac.com > -- > "William_dw -- Sqlcoders" <webmaster@sqlcoders.com> wrote in message > news:009401c211d9$a1863da0$6520fea9@dw... > > Hi there!, > > I'm trying to emulate a class destructor, according to the PHP documentation > > I can emulate this by using a call to register_shutdown_function(), > > containing the function to be called upon shutdown. > > > > While this apparently works outside a class, I want to use it inside a > > class, in other words I want to have something like this: > > > > class cRoute{ > > function cRoute(){ > > //register the shutdown function in case people who use this class > > dont call the appropiate close methods. > > register_shutdown_function("cleanup()"); > > } > > > > function cleanup(){ > > //cleanup. > > trigger_error("Please call close() before the page ends, to prevent > > problems close() has been called automatically for you."); > > $this->close(); > > } > > > > function close(){ > > //close open sockets, etc. > > } > > } > > > > I have tried: > > register_shutdown_function("cleanup()"); > > register_shutdown_function("$this->cleanup()"); > > register_shutdown_function($this->cleanup()); > > register_shutdown_function("cDB::cleanup()"); > > > > They all return something like: Warning: Unable to call ()() - function does > > not exist in Unknown on line 0 > > > > If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate the help. > > Thanks in advance!, > > Dw. > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >