Re: Assign array with __get

Ionut G. Stan wrote:

Hi, This is interesting and it appears the following change makes the snippet work as expected:

    public function &__get($name);

I think is that the $this->anArray['bar'] = 4; Generate the following bytcode:

0  FETCH_OBJ_W                                      $0      'anArray'
1  ZEND_ASSIGN_DIM                                          $0, 'bar'

Will the folloing : echo $this->anArray; $this->anArray['bar'];

0  FETCH_OBJ_R                                     $0      'anArray'

1 ECHO ... IMHO I think that the complexity of the VM is way to hight. That is something I am strongly agree with Gilad Bracha on adding new feature into a language: Look at the last paragraph: http://gbracha.blogspot.com/2009/09/systemic-overload.html

On 3/17/10 3:55 PM, mathieu.suen wrote:

Hi, I came across a strange behavior when using the magic method __get and some instance variable that should be an array. Consider the following example: class A { public function __get($name) { $this->$name = array(); return $this->$name; } public function test() { $this->_zork['bar'] = 67; } } $a = new A; $a->test(); var_dump($a); So could someone explain me what is the semantic of the above statements? Thanks -- Mathieu Suen

--Mathieu Suen