Re: Reusing PHP string value pointers

if you have the option of using ZE2, make the thing an object and use the property get/set handlers to take care of things for you.... "Marshall A. Greenblatt" <marshall@magpcss.com> wrote in message news:000d01c296fe$b0ff82f0$6601a8c0@Marshall... > From: "Zeev Suraski" <zeev@zend.com> > > >When a PHP string variable is changed via a PHP script, such as: > > > > > >$foo = 'new value'; > > > > > >what happens to the `value.str.val' pointer internally? Is it possible > to > > >have the new value assigned to the same `value.str.val' pointer that the > > >variable is currently using instead of having that pointer replaced by a > > >pointer to the new value? > > > > No, it's not possible (not in a reliable way anyway). > > What about being able to register a callback function for variable > assignment? That way I can keep track of the pointer myself and copy the > new value to it when the variable value is changed in the PHP script. Would > anybody else be interested in this functionality? > > > > > Zeev > > > > Thanks, > Marshall >