Re: from one hash to another, in an extension

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Tim Daly, Jr. wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out the right way to take an entry from one hash > table, and put it in another, in C. This is what I first tried: > > // naive attempt at > // $hash2["key"] = $hash1["key"]; > > zval **val; > > zend_hash_find(hash1, "key", strlen("key")+1, (void **)&val); > SEPARATE_ZVAL(val); > zval_add_ref(val); > zend_hash_update(hash2, "key", strlen("key")+1, (void *)val, NULL); > > > That seemed to work. But I started having strange problems in my PHP > code, like I would assign the property of an object, and later the > same property would be magically null again. This problem goes away > when I remove the SEPARATE_ZVAL above. > > So, I though maybe one of you kind folks might shed some light on this > for me. You don't need to SEPARATE_ZVAL() in this case. -- Andrei Zmievski Mail: andrei.zmievski@fastsearch.com Sr. Front End Software Engineer Web: http://www.fast.no/ Fast Search & Transfer Inc Phone: 781-304-2493 93 Worcester Street Fax: 781-304-2410 Wellesley MA 02481-9181, USA Main: 781-304-2400