gc_enabled()

gc_enabled() — Returns status of the circular reference collector.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

Signature

gc_enabled(): bool

Parameters

This function takes no parameters.

Return value

Returns true if the garbage collector is enabled, false otherwise.

Example

A runnable snippet:

if(gc_enabled()) gc_collect_cycles();

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page gc_enabled() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.