At 08:53 PM 5/17/2002, Robert Cummings wrote: >Let's say I do: > > zval *newVar; > MAKE_STD_ZVAL( newVar ); > ZEND_SET_SYMBOL( &EG(symbol_table), "varKey", newVar ); > >and then I do: > > MAKE_STD_ZVAL( newVar ); > ZEND_SET_SYMBOL( &EG(symbol_table), "varKey", newVar ); > >This will overwrite my orignal newVar, however, will the original >newVar be garbaged collected or is this my responsibility now that >I'm out of PHP land? Also if it is auto garbage collected, is there >a way I can force garbage collection to run while I'm in a deep >recursion?
Whatever you register into the standard data structures, EG(symbol_table) included, is taken care of by the engine. In that case, the old value will be destroyed as soon as you replace it in the 2nd SET_SYMBOL call. Zeev -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
