(PECL weakref >= 0.2.0)
Examples:
Weakmap usage example
<?php $wm = new WeakMap(); $o = new StdClass; class A { public function __destruct() { echo "Dead!\n"; } } $wm[$o] = new A; var_dump(count($wm)); echo "Unsetting..\n"; unset($o); echo "Done\n"; var_dump(count($wm));
The above example will output:
int(1) Unsetting.. Dead! Done int(0)