I ran this script on 5.3.13, and it reported: 786432 bytes used
On 5.4.3, it reported: 262144 bytes used That is definitely a significant improvement. Objects are still a lot bigger than their contents. I don't expect they would ever shrink to the size of their contents exactly or even all that close of course. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Tom Boutell <t...@punkave.com> wrote: > Thanks for clarifying that. Sounds like a huge win. > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Gustavo Lopes <glo...@nebm.ist.utl.pt> wrote: >> On Mon, 21 May 2012 20:47:51 +0200, Rasmus Schultz <ras...@mindplay.dk> >> wrote: >> >>> I just realized something that never occurred to me before - every >>> property is actually stored as a hash. >>> >>> This test-script will demonstrate: >>> >>> [snip] >> >> >> The test-script contains no information about the version of PHP you're >> using. Starting with PHP 5.4, the properties hash table is only created if >> you're storing dynamic properties (i.e. assigning undeclared properties) or >> if it otherwise requested. Otherwise, they're stored in an array. >> >> -- >> Gustavo Lopes >> >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > > -- > Tom Boutell > P'unk Avenue > 215 755 1330 > punkave.com > window.punkave.com -- Tom Boutell P'unk Avenue 215 755 1330 punkave.com window.punkave.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
