Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7808 Updated: variable value triggerd by function

Hiya I'm making some super globals (global in every script) via shared memmory (building a emulator for using something like shared memmory under windows to) I did like to do: $a = SuperGlobal("a"); echo $a using $a just like a normal var everywhere in the rest of the script so when script 1 changes var a the script 2 will have on the moment the new value of a when it is being used Im using this routine for variables that are used everywhere (cache and stuff) As you say i can call the function to update it everthime i use a but i find it more usefull as an normal var Hope you understand what i'm makeing No go argue with me :) Greetz, Wico P.S. don't watch the bad english :) At 14:32 14-11-00 +0000, Adam Wright wrote:

From your example 1, it looks you want the value of $time to be the value returned by time() at any point where you deference the $time variable (as opposed to $time being a reference to the function), so in effect, the variable becomes a macro for "run this function and assign its returned value to this variable". Why you'd want this is beyond me, as its more likely to get confusing. Why not just write it out in full (use ($time = time())? Or, as already suggested, $time="time"; $time();. I can't think of a convincing argument for your method. For example, what happens when the function you assigned takes parameters? adamw ----- Original Message ----- From: <wico@cnh.nl> To: <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 2:17 PM Subject: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #7808 Updated: variable value triggerd by function ID: 7808 User Update by: wico@cnh.nl Old-Status: Closed Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Description: variable value triggerd by function I know &= is for somthing else it was just to illustrate what i ment &= could also be something else and $time="time"; echo $time(); sleep(1); echo $time(); is not where i'm looking for Please read carefully and try to understand what i mean Greetz, Wico Previous Comments: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - [2000-11-14 09:11:15] hholzgra@php.net '&=' has a very different meaning '$i &= $j' is an abbreviation of '$i = $i & $j' and '&' being the binary 'bitwise and' operator, not the unary 'get reference for' what you are looking for is $time="time"; echo $time(); sleep(1); echo $time(); and this already works ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - [2000-11-14 08:54:13] wico@cnh.nl Hiya I don't know how to call it but i thing i could be usefull example: $time &= time(); // var to function echo $time; // current time sleep(1); echo $time; // still current time example 2: $data &= get_some_database_records(); while ($data) { echo $data; } Get_some_database_records will give every time its called the next var (until false) This are just a examples i know some other thing you can do with it but there yes for your imagenation :) Greetz, Wico -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7808 -- 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 -- 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