PHP :: Bug #35091 :: SoapClient leaks memory

 [2005-11-03 19:52 UTC] paul at paulbutcher dot com

Description:
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SoapClient doesn't seem to clean up after itself when garbage collected. It leaks something around 4K each time. Tested on both Windows and Linux.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
while(true) {
    new SoapClient("test.wsdl");
}
?>


Expected result:
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Assuming that I understand the PHP Garbage Collector (and it's possible that I don't - I'm struggling to find any good documentation on exactly how I should expect it to behave - any pointers very welcome!), I would expect the memory usage of this script to be constant.

Actual result:
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The memory usage increases very quickly (growing to several hundred megabytes in less than a minute).