Re: Re: Strange notation to create object

On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 11:32, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > * Michael Stepanov <michaelstepanov@francoudi.com>: > > Usually, I develop on Perl. But my current task pushes me to start use > > PHP. Generally, it's great but sometimes I'm a little bit confused. > > For example, recently I've found a strange notation of creation of PHP > > objects: > > > > $obj = & new SomeObject(); > > > > Can anyone explain me meaning of *&*? > > & is used to create references -- kind of like \ in perl. > > The above notation is unnecessary when developing in PHP5, as objects in > PHP5 are passed by reference by default. However, in PHP4, this was Not entirely, there's still a subtle difference in PHP5 between assigning an object with = versus assigning with = &. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'