Thanks Erwin and Matijn. On 2 July 2012 17:32, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is most likely a bug in PHP. A deconstructor is called when there > are no references left to the object. Since this class uses the libXML > library, it is likely that there are still references from the libXML > open on the object, which is why it will never be destroyed. > Anyway, you should report this bug to the PHP devs (at bugs.php.net). Yes, that sounds plausible. As a quick hack, I tried adding a destructor to the SimpleXMLElement extension, but that wasn't called either. I'll submit a bug report. > If you really need this, it's probably best to create a class that > does not really extend SimpleXMLElement, but you create one inside the > constructor, and just forward all function calls to the > SimpleXMLElement object you've created in the constructor. I've been playing with that today, and it looks like a workable solution. Thanks for your help! Nick. -- Nick Chalk. Loadbalancer.org Ltd. Phone: +44 (0)870 443 8779 http://www.loadbalancer.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
