Re: Getting new object by ref.

On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Zeev Suraski wrote: > It does work, only not with the semantics you expected, but with PHP's > assign-reference semantics. > > $a = &$b; // $a and $b are references to the same value > $a = &$c; // $a is broken away from $b, and now, $a and $c are > references to the same > // variable - $b is standalone > > > The same thing happens here. As you know, 'global $foo' creates a local > variable, $foo, which is a reference to the $foo variable in the global > scope. If you assign-reference to the local $foo, the reference to the > global $foo will be broken. So, what's the way around it, use $GLOBALS["foo"]? That sucks... -Andrei "In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton