Hello, You need to create a new static method to destroy the instance. e.g. static function destroyInstance(){ unset(this->_instance); } Em Qui, 2010-01-14 às 11:38 +0000, markwatling@xxxxxxxxx escreveu: > > > After finishing using an object I can free up resources by unsetting > the > object eg.: > > $object = new ClassName(); > > $var = $object->DoSomething(); > > unset($object); > > However if I use a singleton instance of the class eg. > > $var = ClassName::GetInstance()->DoSomething(); > > there doesn't appear to be anything to unset, but surely the instance > must take up some resources? > > Does the instance disappear when the script terminates? I assume the > instance has a lifetime corresponding to the page which calls it and > is > destroyed when the page is closed, but is it possible or necessary to > remove the instance from memory before the page is closed? And if so > how? > > I have been unable to find anything on the net that deals with this > issue so any help on this subject would be much appreciated. > > Thanks > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >