Re: Re: Possible foreach bug; seeking advice to isolate the problem

From: Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:44:27 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: Possible foreach bug; seeking advice to isolate the problem
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2@gmail.com> wrote: > Shouldn't that be $row = null since unset will remove the last value, not > just removing the variable also, from the array whereas the $row = null > will > tell the reference pointer that it doesn't point to a value. > No, that would assign null to the last array element. References allow you to assign any value--including null--to the container they reference. Unsetting a reference breaks the reference without affecting whatever it references. $x = 5; $y = &$x; $y = null; print_r($x); var_dump($x); --> NULL David

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