Re: Returning an object

From:	Justin Patrin	Date:	Fri, 07 May 2004 16:29:15 +0000
Subject:	Re: Returning an object
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Aidan Lister wrote:

How _should_ this be done? In terms of "best practice". <?php function foobar () {
    return new SomeObject;
} ?> Or: <?php function barfoo () {
    $tempvar = new SomeObject;
    return $tempvar
} ?> Please don't reply if you really, really don't know what you are talking about.

Some earlier versions of PHP5 would not allow returning by reference of a function call or a new call. It was very recently added, but may not be in RC2 (not sure). You had to assign to a variable before you returned. Here's my 2c: function &foobar() { return new SomeObject; } -- paperCrane <Justin Patrin>