Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64404&edit=1
ID: 64404 Updated by: ni...@php.net Reported by: zeusgerde at arcor dot de Summary: assert(true) increases memory_get_usage() -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: 5.4.12 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The memory usage is increased not due to the assert(true) call, but because of the variables used to store the memory usage. If you do something like this the memory usage will not change: var_dump(memory_get_usage()); assert(true); var_dump(memory_get_usage()); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-11 12:19:26] zeusgerde at arcor dot de Description: ------------ assert(true) increases memory_get_usage() Test script: --------------- <?php error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT); ini_set('display_errors', 1); echo phpversion(), "\r\n"; $oldMemUsage = memory_get_usage(); assert(true); $newMemUsage = memory_get_usage(); assert('$oldMemUsage == $newMemUsage'); echo 'OK'; Expected result: ---------------- 5.4.12 OK Actual result: -------------- 5.4.12 Warning: assert(): Assertion "$oldMemUsage == $newMemUsage" failed in D:\bar.php on line 10 OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64404&edit=1