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

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2@gmail.com> wrote: > hmm.. About 8-9 years ago I did a project where I used the reference > in a foreach loop as the OP. unset not only remove the variable but > also the value in the array. I tried several methods at that time and > ended up assigning null to get what I wanted without modifying the > array. I'll have to dig up that project later to see. > To be thorough, I ran the same test as above using unset(), and it correctly clears the reference and leaves $x in tact. $x = 5; $y = &$x; unset($y); var_dump($x); --> 5 var_dump($y); --> NULL It's quite possible this behavior was changed along the way. I started using PHP last year with 5.2. David