Re: Assign array with __get

I guess you're gonna hate this :) So what you're saying is that it is *consistent* with regard to the implementation of methods/functions, i.e. __get behaves as an ordinary method. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> wrote: > Hi! > >> So, what's the reasoning behind this design decision? Why is it supposed >> to work like this and not the other way around? > > Because when you return something by-value you can not have effects of its > modification reflect on the original value. That's how by-value works. When > you have by-ref return you can modify it and have the original value change. > More here: http://php.net/references > -- > Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect > stas@zend.com   http://www.zend.com/ > (408)253-8829   MSN: stas@zend.com > -- Ionut G. Stan I'm under construction | http://blog.igstan.ro/