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Bug #65300 Memory leak when initializing objects
Submitted: 2013-07-20 06:14 UTC Modified: 2013-07-20 18:31 UTC
From: zlobnygrif at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.4.17 OS: debian/ubuntu
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2013-07-20 06:14 UTC] zlobnygrif at gmail dot com
Description:
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If I set object property run-time it uses more memory than equal default property value.

Test script:
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printf("PHP %s %s\n\n", PHP_VERSION, PHP_OS);

class Order {
	public $id     = '123';
	public $number = '1234';
	public $date   = '12345';
}

$orders = [];

printf("Test1\nMem before: %.2f mb\n", memory_get_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024);
for ( $i = 0; ++$i < 100000; )
{
	$order = new Order;
	$orders[] = $order;
}
printf("Mem after: %.2f mb\n\n", memory_get_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024);

unset($orders, $i);
$orders = [];

printf("Test2\nMem before: %.2f mb\n", memory_get_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024);
for ( $i = 0; ++$i < 100000; )
{
	$order = new Order;
	$orders[] = $order;
}
printf("Mem after: %.2f mb\n\n", memory_get_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024);

unset($orders, $i);
$orders = [];

printf("Test3\nMem before: %.2f mb\n", memory_get_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024);
for ( $i = 0; ++$i < 100000; )
{
	$order = new Order;
	
	$order->id     = '123';
	$order->number = '12345';
	$order->date   = '123456';
	
	$orders[] = $order;
}
printf("Mem after: %.2f mb\n\n", memory_get_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024);

unset($orders, $i);

printf("Mem after: %.2f mb\n\n", memory_get_usage(true) / 1024 / 1024);

Expected result:
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no memory leaks

Actual result:
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PHP 5.4.17-1~dotdeb.0 Linux

Test1
Mem before: 0.25 mb
Mem after: 16.25 mb

Test2
Mem before: 4.75 mb
Mem after: 16.25 mb

Test3
Mem before: 5.00 mb
Mem after: 24.25 mb

Mem after: 5.25 mb



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 [2013-07-20 18:31 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-07-20 18:31 UTC] johannes@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

When creating the class we "prefill" the properties. Thanks to copy-on-write we (generally) don't have to copy these values when creating an instance of the object. When reassigning them with the same value those default values will e replaced. We don't compare the values.
 
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