Re: Unable to return object references from functions

Manuel Lemos wrote:

Hello, I am trying to return a reference from an object created inside a function and at the same time have the object stored in a global variable. It seems that when I try doing it by assigning the object reference to a function argument that is passed by reference, nothing is returned in that variable despite inside the function the argument variable seems to have the right value. Is this a PHP bug or this is not the right way to do it?

No this is not a bug, but issue. Please ask this kind of question only to php-general. Thank you. PS: Read manaul sections (Object and Reference. It's explained ;) -- Yasuo Ohgaki

Try the example below. Manuel Lemos <? class test_class {

        var $dummy="nothing";

}; Function not_assigning(&$not_returned,&$copy) {

        global $object;

        $object=new test_class;
        $object->dummy="original";

$success=1;

        $not_returned= &$object;
        $copy=$object;
        $copy->dummy="copy";

var_dump("In the function",$success,$not_returned,$copy,$object); return $success; } $success=not_assigning($not_returned,$copy); var_dump("Out the function",$success,$not_returned,$copy,$object); ?>

-- Yasuo Ohgaki