PHP does have garbage_collection, and it's crucial in long-running CLI scripts. Per is right, though, in that if your web-page Apache PHP script needs GC, you are doing something terribly wrong. It is not as aggressive/thorough as, say, the Lisp GC, but it's there. ymmv -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php