Re: unsetting object references
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Wed, 17 Apr 2002 20:20:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: unsetting object references | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Erik Price wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 03:59 PM, Robert Cummings wrote:
>
> > Now if what you meant was the following:
> >
> > $objectFoo = new MyObject();
> > $objectFee = &$objectFoo;
> >
> > unset( $objectFoo );
> >
> > Then the object shouldn't be deleted since $objectFee is still
> > referencing
> > it. You will just break the reference. Correct me if I'm wrong *chuckle*
>
> What if I did
>
> $objectFoo = new MyObject;
> $objectFee = $objectFoo;
>
> unset($objectFoo);
>
> essentially, does PHP make a (deep|shallow) copy of an object in this
> reassignment, or is it just creating a new reference?
Should be a copy, and it should be safe... though I recall a discussion
last week that displayed an interesting bug (feature?).
Cheers,
Rob.
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