Re: Re: objects passed as reference in php5

Hello Ron, that's prefectly correct. regards marcus Sunday, August 8, 2004, 1:14:55 PM, you wrote: > i think the object will only cease to exist when all references to it are > gone > "Curt Zirzow" <curt@php.net> wrote in message > news:20040808022353.GG6522@bagend.shire... >> >> I'm trying to document how objects are passed to functions in php5, >> but am running into some troubles. >> >> In the code below the object appears to be a reference but when the >> original object is destoyed it still somehow exists. Can someone >> explain how this is? I was going to report a bug on this but using >> the traditional &$obj usage it works perfectly fine. >> >> class Test { >> public $object = null; >> public $object1 = null; >> >> >> function SetVarVal($obj) { >> $this->object = $obj; >> } >> >> function SetVarRef(&$obj) { >> $this->object1 = &$obj; >> } >> >> } >> >> $obj1 = new StdClass(); >> >> $obj2 = new Test(); >> $obj2->SetVarVal($obj1); >> $obj2->SetVarRef($obj1); >> >> >> $obj1->foo = 'test'; /* show how obj1's is a ref */ >> $obj1 = null; /* destroy object */ >> >> var_dump($obj2->object); /* still has object with ->foo */ >> var_dump($obj2->object1); /* NULL */ >> >> >> >> Curt >> -- >> First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid > schemes >> you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid! -- Best regards, Marcus mailto:helly@php.net