Re: unset( $anobject) does not invoce __destruct()

that is correct and that is the problem, and even that is not all !!! try this <?php abstract class a { public function __construct(){ echo "constructing....<br>"; } public function __detruct(){ echo "destructing....<br>"; } } class b extends a{ } $c = new b(); unset( $c ); ?> the constructor is inherited, the destructor not !! PHP 5.2.9-1 and PHP 5.3.0 behave the same las trampas de la vida ralph_deffke@yahoo.de "Stuart" <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote in message news:a5f019de0908240606x5fdca70bkb31dd32b072e52b6@mail.gmail.com... > 2009/8/24 kranthi <kranthi117@gmail.com>: > > unset($obj) always calls the __destruct() function of the class. > > > > in your case clearly you are missing something else. Probably > > unset($anobject) is not being called at all ? > > That's not entirely correct. PHP uses reference counting, so if > unsetting a variable did not cause the object to be destructed then > it's highly likely that there is another variable somewhere that is > holding a reference to that object. > > -Stuart > > -- > http://stut.net/