#21288 [Bgs]: PHP does referencing when i want to create a *copy* of an array of objects
| From: | empx at gmx dot de | Date: | Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:35:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | #21288 [Bgs]: PHP does referencing when i want to create a *copy* of an array of objects | ||
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ID: 21288
User updated by: empx at gmx dot de
Reported By: empx at gmx dot de
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Windows XP SP1
PHP Version: 4.3.0
New Comment:
This is the function i wrote back then to fix my problem, modified a
few weeks ago for the php5 object cloning syntax:
function arraycopy(&$array) {
reset($array);
while(list($key, $val) = each($array))
{
if(is_array($val))
{
$array2[$key] = arraycopy($val);
}
elseif(is_object($val))
{
$array2[$key] = clone $val;
}
else
{
$array2[$key] = $val;
}
}
return $array2;
}
i'm no php expert, but this worked for me :)
hth
Mike
Previous Comments:
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[2004-08-03 15:11:23] phpbg at cytrax dot de
Ho can I create a *real* copy of an array or to make having no
references.
foreach does not create a real copy if the array has references on
objects in it.
Is there any function to find out if the array-entry is an object or
only a reference?
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[2004-06-30 04:13:50] moriyoshi@php.net
As explained in bug #20993, this is assumed to be expected behaviour
and will unlikely be *fixed* ever.
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[2004-04-18 04:15:24] php dot devel at homelinkcs dot com
> This will be fixed in ZendEngine2. Stay tuned.
Downloaded, compiled and tested PHP 5.0.0RC1 and all tests
yielded same result as 4.3.4. Example:
[josh@joshua php-5.0.0RC1]$ sapi/cli/php
<?php
print phpversion()."\n";
$a[0] = "original"; $b =& $a[0]; $c = $a; $c[0] = "copy";
print $a[0]."\n";
?>
5.0.0RC1
copy
[josh@joshua php-5.0.0RC1]$ php
<?php
print phpversion()."\n";
$a[0] = "original"; $b =& $a[0]; $c = $a; $c[0] = "copy";
print $a[0]."\n";
?>
4.3.4
copy
[josh@joshua php-5.0.0RC1]$
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[2002-12-30 09:39:47] stephan at wanderinghorse dot net
Just FYI, i've reproduced this (using the code from the
original poster) on PHP 4.2.0 under Linux.
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[2002-12-30 08:57:31] moriyoshi@php.net
It seems more explanation should have been needed...
This problem is due to misleading behavior of array copies. PHP
scripting engine doesn't perform deep-copy on any elements of an array
while it copies *the container* of them indeed.
This will be fixed in ZendEngine2. Stay tuned.
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