#22293 [NEW]: Memory leak when creating reference to $this

[christian at shockwaved dot com]

From:             christian at shockwaved dot com
Operating system: FreeBSD
PHP version:      4.2.3
PHP Bug Type:     Class/Object related
Bug description:  Memory leak when creating reference to $this

We have gone through some testing and found that PHP leaks quite some
ressources when creating references to $this. Here's an example script:

<?php

class foo {

    var $me;

    function foo() {
        $this->me = &$this;
    }

}

while ($i++ < 100000) { 
    $bar = new foo();
    unset($bar);
}

sleep(42);

?>

Can we do anything else to provide you with means to solve this problem?
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