trying to destroy my object but can't?

[ballhogjoni]

I don't know why I can't unset (destroy) my object...any help?

 

class Whatever {
   function destroy(){
        unset($this);
    }
}
$asdf = new Whatever();
$asdf->destroy;

 

After this if I print_r the $asdf object it will still give me what ever values I added to it.

[corbin]

Why not just get rid of $asdf?

 

 

As far as I know, in PHP, it's not possible to dynamically get rid of an object from within the object.  With a language like C++ or something it could be done with some memory manipulation, but I don't know if it's possible in PHP.

 

 

By the way, you should be doing $asdf->destroy() to call a method, not destroy.

 

 

(By the way, you want to actually get rid of the object, not just unset all of it's properties, yes?)