Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/09/07 14:24

melmack3@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a big problem with shell commands execution via PHP.
> I have written a very short PHP script ilustrating the problem:
>
> <?php
>
> for($i=0;$i<1000;$i++)
> {
> exec("test.bat");
> }
>
> ?>
>
> test.bat is just an empty file.
>
> This script causes about 10 MB memory leak. It can be observed
> by usage of performance system monitor. This problems occurs in
> all available enviroments:
> - IIS Webserver.
> - Apache webserver
> - PHP command line interpreter
>
> Memory leak is observable only on Windows platform
> (tested on Windows XP). On Linux everything works OK.
>
> Does someone know how to solve this problem? Any help appreciated
>
> Best regards
> Melmack
>

I see it increase on my W2K system, but as soon as the program ends, the
memory allocation goes back to what it was. Are you sure it isn't just
the gc not having a chance to run?

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