Re: Get reference count on a variable.

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 04:10:53 +0000 php-general@zirzow.dyndns.org (Curt Zirzow) wrote: > * Thus wrote Robert Cummings: > > Hi All, > > > > I think I'm looking for something that doesn't exist, but just in > > case thought I'd check the list. Does anyone know if a PHP function > > exists to get the number of references on a given variable's data? I was > > hoping to create a way for a factory to automatically recycle resources > > without the need for the developer to call some kind of free() method. > > If I could get the internal reference count then I'd be able to > > determine if it is free by virtue of only 1 reference (the factory). > > This is for PHP4 btw, the solution is trivial in PHP5 using destructors. > > unfortantly there isn't a method to determain this. > > Be careful with PHP5, i'm not sure if its applicable in your > situation, but there does seem to be rumor that php5 objects are > assigned by reference, which isn't true: http://zend.com/expert_qa/qas.php?id=41&single=1 please read :) - Hannes