echo "Initial: ".memory_get_usage()." bytes \n"; /* prints Initial: 361400 bytes */ // let's use up some memory for ($i = 0; $i < 100000; $i++) { $array []= md5($i); } // let's remove half of the array for ($i = 0; $i < 100000; $i++) { unset($array[$i]); } echo "Final: ".memory_get_usage()." bytes \n"; /* prints Final: 885912 bytes */ echo "Peak: ".memory_get_peak_usage()." bytes \n"; /* prints Peak: 13687072 bytes */