Re: Class Destruction / Reloading

Sean Coates wrote:

Hello Internals, Has anyone given thought to a feature that allows (PHP) developer to invalidate classes (allowing the developer to re-load the class, with modified code)? I realize that this is not possible now, and for good reason. But I think the idea has potential.

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Is this worth further discussion?

There is a clever php4 implementation that allows loading/unloading of methods, info at http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=68 It does not use any engine magic and might be of use to you while you wait for PHP 6. :) Greg Greg & PEARS, (this started on internals@lists -- http://news.php.net/php.internals/12228) Now that mention it, this package DOES ring a bell. (-: Unfortunately, it seems to have been moved offline. Does anyone have a copy? S

Hey, You can talk to module author yourself, he can be found in #php on Freenode (irc.freenode.net) under the nick BigE - I believe he is currently working on the first release of this package, but go show your interest :D - Davey