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

this is also not the full truth try this and it works what are the circumstances that is causing this problem then, yes I do have distributed references over my script and there are clearly references still set, however after running the snipped script I can not see what I do special in my script causing the problem. I even tried with public and private static in other objects. it works. however the manual indicates the refernce counter has to be 0. <?php abstract class a { public function __construct(){ echo "constructing....<br>"; } public function __destruct(){ echo "destructing....<br>"; } } class b extends a{ } $c = new b(); $d = $c ; // works $f[] = $c ; // works class e { private $m; public function setM( $m ){ $this->m = $m; } } $o = new e(); $o->setM( $c ); // works unset( $c ); ?> "Lupus Michaelis" <mickael+php@lupusmic.org> wrote in message news:41.F9.03363.011929A4@pb1.pair.com... > kranthi wrote: > > unset($obj) always calls the __destruct() function of the class. > > Never calls the dtor. The dtor will be called only when the reference > count reaches 0. > > class c { function __destruct() { echo 'dying !' ; } } > $v1 = new c ; > $v2 = $v1 ; > > unset($v1) ; // don't call the dtor > unset($v2) ; // call the dtor > > -- > Mickaël Wolff aka Lupus Michaelis > http://lupusmic.org