Re: $ref =& $this;

Oliver Grätz wrote:

Ford, Mike schrieb:

Yes, very true. I've mentioned before that I think PHP 5's object thingummies should be referred to as "handles" (and I'm sure I actually saw this usage in early versions of the PHP 5 or Zend Engine 2 proposals). Then, it's much clearer that: $obj2 = $obj1 gives you a copy of the object handle, but: $obj2 = &$obj1 gives you a reference to the handle.

From the point of view of an ordinary programmer: He's so right: It is

absolutely clear! You _must_ put this in the official documentation! I knew what was happening before but up to this few words I could not put it down in words. Thank you, Mike!

Bug reports for documentation can be reported at bugs.php.net as "Documentation Problem" Regards Friedhelm