Re: Returning an object

I found some more information about it here: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=24687 It looks like you should assign an object to a variable before returning it. "Justin Patrin" <papercrane@reversefold.com> wrote in message news:20040507162911.65073.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > 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>