PHP Runtime Debugger (Was: [PHP] how to count objects instances)

> There's no predefined variable or method for determining this, that I'm > aware of, short of counting how many "new Test" lines you have. > > You could write a wrapper class for Test that kept count of the > instances and returned a new object upon request... A slightly more general question: are there any PHP development environments that let you do something like a core dump, to see what kind of memory usage or variable allocation you have going on? Maybe a compilation option to PHP? A search of google turns up DBG and some commercial packages, but I lack the experience with such tools to evaluate them intelligently. I've done something like what the OP is asking about, by adding a log() feature and calling it when objects are instantiated or destroyed, but it sure would be nice to see something like this built-in. I'm a gdb beginner, but I'm willing to learn. I realize that this is a fairly complex problem compounded by the fact that PHP is generally a library used within an apache child process. Any thoughts? --------------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html