Re: php5 - possible bug discovered

Hi Robert, Stut & List Thanks for your replies which arrived after I had gone to bed |-Z Robert :- > In PHP5 objects are no longer copied when assigned. Instead the object's > handle is assigned (similar to a reference but not quite). So the > behaviour is as expected. Stut :- > > I think I have discovered a bug in php5. If I haven't, I've discovered > > a bug in the documentation or a bug in my brain. > > Start here: http://php.net/language.oop5.cloning It's amazing what a good night's sleep will do :-) I could not find that page last night even though I was sure it must have existed and I can see that it is a well documented and encountered problem. My main obesrvation is that I'm glad that I decided to revisit all my old PHP4 stuff and rewrite or clean it up. I have hundreds of $Working_Class = $Under_Class; lines in my code as well as $Upper_Class = & $Aristocracy; lines too. I think the documentation on references needs updating to reflect PHP 5's behaviour a little more accurately because I can see this causing serious problems to somebody just copying their code blindly. I have just built a client a development server using php5 instead of php4 and turned zend.ze1_compatibility_mode on so that their old CMS would work - I just hadn't realised that the cloning problem was solved by this. Oh well, now I'm fresh I can crack on :-) TTFN D php/general-2007-10-09.tx robert@interjinn.com stuttle@gmail.com php-general +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dave Restall, Computer Nerd, Cyclist, Radio Amateur G4FCU, Bodger | | Mob +44 (0) 7973 831245 Skype: dave.restall Radio: G4FCU | | email : dave@restall.net Web : Not Ready Yet :-( | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | birth, n: | | The first and direst of all disasters. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+