Re: Wikimedia - php4

On Tuesday 20 September 2005 22:14, the author Robert Cummings contributed to the dialogue on- Re: [PHP] Wikimedia - php4: >On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 01:08, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >> Robert Cummings wrote: >> > On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 00:58, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >> >>And for PHP5 you can just drop all references related to objects and it >> >>will do the right thing. >> > >> > Eeeek, that's not entirely true. Sometimes you want a real reference to >> > an object even in PHP5 :/ >> >> $a = new foo(); >> >> Will create a reference to the object. >> >> $b = $a; >> >> Now you have 2 references to the same object. >> >> For any sort of normal use, you never need to explicitly create >> references to objects in PHP 5. > >I think you mean novice use. There are certainly times when assigning an >object to a variable I want all the values currently referring to that >object to see the update and not just the variable being assigned to. I >understand that objects in PHP5 are passed by reference under normal >assignment, but it's a copy of a reference and not a reference to a >reference. > >Cheers, >Rob. >-- >`------------------------------------------------------------' Thank you all so much.. Now I do not get the notices and I almost understand what you guys are saying :-) That makes it a good day!! <chuckles> david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.