Re: Specific References Incident

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:49:45 -0700, Ken Kinder wrote: >That's what I had thought too, but no: > >Parse error: parse error, expecting T_VARIABLE' or >'$'' in >/home/ken/Projects/kwidgets/widgets.inc on line 74 how about this: foreach ($this->children as $key => $value) { $child=&$this->children[$key]; >On Thursday 10 January 2002 04:51 pm, Martin Towell wrote: >> does this work?? change >> foreach ($this->children as $child) { >> to >> foreach ($this->children as &$child) { >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ken Kinder [mailto:ken@notenetwork.com] >> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:44 AM >> To: php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: [PHP] Specific References Incident >> >> >> I have one specific incident I could use some help with too. I >>have the >> following method: >> >> function validate() { >> if ($this->returning) { >> $errors = array(); >> >> foreach ($this->children as $child) { >> $child->error = "Foo"; >> $error = $child->validate(); >> if ($error) { >> $this->errors_exist = 1; >> array_push ($errors, $error); >> } >> } >> } >> >> $this->errors = $errors; >> } >> >> The $this->children attribute should be an array of (references to) >> objects. >> >> I think somehow in the foreach ($this->children as $child) the >>objects are >> being copied, as $child->validate(); seems not to effect the >>original >> objects. >