Re: [PHP] Class instance pointers

2011-11-29 Thread cimodev
Am 29.11.2011 16:56, schrieb Tim Streater: Is there any benefit to setting a pointer to a class instance to null before returning from a function? As in: function myfunc () { $p = new myclass (); // do stuff $p = null; } Thanks. No! In this case the GC will

Re: [PHP] Class instance pointers

2011-11-29 Thread Jim Lucas
On 11/29/2011 7:56 AM, Tim Streater wrote: Is there any benefit to setting a pointer to a class instance to null before returning from a function? As in: function myfunc () { $p = new myclass (); // do stuff $p = null; } Thanks. -- Cheers -- Tim

Re: Re: [PHP] Class instance pointers

2011-11-29 Thread Tim Streater
On 29 Nov 2011 at 17:01, cimodev cimo...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 29.11.2011 16:56, schrieb Tim Streater: Is there any benefit to setting a pointer to a class instance to null before returning from a function? As in: function myfunc () { $p = new myclass (); // do stuff