Req #15232 [Com]: Need a possibility to compare two references

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15232&edit=1 ID: 15232 Comment by: datibbaw@php.net Reported by: flying at dom dot natm dot ru Summary: Need a possibility to compare two references Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Feature/Change Request Operating System: All PHP Version: 4.0.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: For scalar values, this is impossible. And you probably don't want this either, because $a and $b might actually point to the same value (e.g. due to compiler optimization) For objects you could use the equality operator (===). For example: $a = new mynumber(5); $b = new mynumber(5); echo $a === $b; Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-26 06:18:25] flying at dom dot natm dot ru PHP have no possiblity to find, if two references points to the same actual variable, but sometimes it is necesary. Short example: $a = 5; $b = 5; $a_ref1 = &$a; $a_ref2 = &$a; $b_ref = &$b; PHP needs a function (or operator) which will return TRUE, when comparing $a_ref1 and $a_ref2, but FALSE, if comparing $a_ref1 and $b_ref. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15232&edit=1