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Garbage Collection

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This section explains the merits of the new Garbage Collection (also known as GC) mechanism that is part of PHP 5.3.

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neo22s at gmail dot com
12 years ago
Memory cleanup for long-running scripts.

<?php
gc_enable
(); // Enable Garbage Collector
var_dump(gc_enabled()); // true
var_dump(gc_collect_cycles()); // # of elements cleaned up
gc_disable(); // Disable Garbage Collector
?>
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