Re: PHP memory usage

I don't know if I'm talking bullshit, but don't forget that each parameter or return valeu in php, if not explicited as a pointer, it's a copy of the full parameter. This way, any function a(myclass c) { return c; } would create another copy of "c" in memory. Things get a bit larger when you go with linked-list like structures in classes, where you have to take really good care to don't duplicate data. If you're not taking care, then maybe 5MB is normal. IMHO, I agree with splitting the class into smaller functions. 370KB is a big thing, that maybe useless. PHP isn't Java so you're not suposed to do a "class mysite" []s Fernando "James H. Thompson" <jht@lava.net> wrote in message news:20030102215354.63611.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > We have a good size PHP libary -- about 370KB of source code. > Its one class with a multitude of small functions in it. > just doing a require_once() on this library appears to use about 5MB of > memory.(the change in VmSize in /proc/self/status) > > Is this a normal ratio of PHP source code size to executable size? > > > -- > Jim > > James H. Thompson > jht@lava.net > >