Re: strange mysqli error

Richard K Miller wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2006, at 2:33 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: > >> how do you know which object is destroyed first? >> >> also you are using 3 different versions of php - not something that will >> help narrow down the problem. >> ... >> > > No errors when I use unset(). I see what you mean about not knowing > which object is destroyed first. Maybe I'll have to use a non-OOP > connection to MySQL, you can still use OOP, only you can't rely on auto destruct with regard to object existance. > since it wouldn't appear there's any way to specify > the order of destruction of objects. try the ini settings auto_prepend_file auto_append_file http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.auto-append-file and use them to control the startup &/or shutdown phase of your app. e.g: class DB { private $connObj; // obj of class DB // don't allow references to it outside the class static function shutdown() { unset(self::$connObj); /* trigger self::__destruct() */ } function __destruct() { /* do stuff (which you could just as well do in self::shutdown()?) */ } } shutdown.php: <?php DB::shutdown(); > >