Communicator Initialization and Destruction
Creating a Communicator
You create a communicator by calling Ice\initialize, for example:
PHP
<?php
require_once 'Ice.php';
$communicator = Ice\initialize();
...
?>In PHP, unlike other languages, you do not need to destroy the communicator: the Ice PHP extension automatically destroys the communicator created during a request.
Initialization Data
When a communicator is created, its constructor or the initialize method configures several features that control its behavior. Once set, these features remain in effect for the lifetime of the communicator and cannot be changed afterward. Therefore, any customization of these features must be done at communicator creation time.
The InitializationData class or struct holds all the features (or options) that you can customize when you create a communicator.