RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #7511: References are not properly reassigned with classes

That's very true. Thank you for the correction. I guess I was assuming new was returning a reference for some reason. Thanks, Mike -----Original Message----- From: chrisv@b0rked.dhs.org [mailto:chrisv@b0rked.dhs.org] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 6:31 PM To: heathm@effinitylabs.com Cc: php-dev@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #7511: References are not properly reassigned with classes > <?php > > class foo { > var $Name; > function foo($name) { > $this->Name = $name; > } > } > > $bar = new foo('Mike'); > $list[] =& $bar; > //unset($bar); > $bar = new foo('Jeremy'); > $list[] =& $bar; > > while(list($key, $val) = each($list)) > echo "<br>$key = $val->Name"; > > ?> > > When going through the loop and echoing the Name parameter the both > return Jeremy. If I unset $bar first (by uncommenting it) it works > fine. I'm not exactly sure what's going on but it is rather strange. > That's how it's supposed to work-- by assigning &$bar to both list[0] and list[1], they're essentially the same thing. If you don't want that to happen, you have to either do -- $list[] = new foo('Mike'); $list[] = new foo('Jeremy'); -- or use unset($bar). Chris -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net