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  [2004-11-18 11:01 UTC] richard dot quadling at bandvulc dot co dot uk
 Description:
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Hi.
Create Object A (a action logging class)
Create Object B (a class which allows generates logging actions).
As each method in B is called a log entry is made by using an IN and OUT method on A.
During the shutdown, the __destroy method of A is called (which closes the log), then, the __destroy method of B is called. This method has the logging code in it. This then tries to call a destroyed object.
As you cannot refer to an object until it is created, you should always destroy objects in the reverse order in which they were created.
Richard.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
class A
	{
	public function __construct()
		{
		echo 'Constructing A<br />';
		}
	public function __destruct()
		{
		echo 'Destroying A<br />';
		}
	public function Logging($sLog)
		{
		echo date('r') . ' '. $sLog . '<br />';
		}
	}
class B
	{
	public function __construct()
		{
		$GLOBALS['objLogger']->Logging(__METHOD__ . ' ' . __FILE__ . ' ' . __LINE__);
		}
	public function __destruct()
		{
		$GLOBALS['objLogger']->Logging(__METHOD__ . ' ' . __FILE__ . ' ' . __LINE__);
		}
	public function Action()
		{
		$GLOBALS['objLogger']->Logging(__METHOD__ . ' ' . __FILE__ . ' ' . __LINE__);
		}
	}
$objLogger = new A();
$objAction = new B();
$objAction->Action();
?>
Expected result:
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Constructing A
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:51:07 +0000 B::__construct D:\Data\Web Sites\Quick Scripts\public_html\PHP Bug testing\Objects destroyed FIFO.php 24
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:51:07 +0000 B::Action D:\Data\Web Sites\Quick Scripts\public_html\PHP Bug testing\Objects destroyed FIFO.php 34
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:51:07 +0000 B::__destruct D:\Data\Web Sites\Quick Scripts\public_html\PHP Bug testing\Objects destroyed FIFO.php 29
Destroying A
Actual result:
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Constructing A
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:51:07 +0000 B::__construct D:\Data\Web Sites\Quick Scripts\public_html\PHP Bug testing\Objects destroyed FIFO.php 24
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:51:07 +0000 B::Action D:\Data\Web Sites\Quick Scripts\public_html\PHP Bug testing\Objects destroyed FIFO.php 34
Destroying A
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:51:07 +0000 B::__destruct D:\Data\Web Sites\Quick Scripts\public_html\PHP Bug testing\Objects destroyed FIFO.php 29
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Please, run this code: <? class a { function __destruct() { echo "destroy A\n"; } } class b { function __destruct() { echo "destroy B\n"; } } $a = new a; $b = new b; ?> and make sure that it works as you expect.Ah. What I was looking for was this construct ... try { $obj = new An_Object(); // Creating ALWAYS works. try { // do work } catch (Exception $e) { echo 'Something went quite wrong : ' . $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } } finally { unset($obj}; // No matter what, ALWAYS destroy the object. } With no finally, I got tangled. Richard.