note 82849 rejected from functions.arguments by nlopess

Note Submitter: thekog at bellsouth dot net ---- This issue cropped up in a CakePHP app but I think our problem is more related to something we don't understand about PHP. It seems invocation ofvia $this of a method in an associated class does not properly handle arguments by reference. In a Bait controller class (BaitController) a function foo from the Bait model class is invoked - $this is properly instantiated: function test() { Bait::foo($xxx); // works correctly $this->Bait->foo($xxx); // does not work } In Bait model function foo() takes the parm by ref and sets it's value: function foo(&$msg) { $msg = "HOWDY DOODY"; } ERROR is Undefined variable: xxx ... If you put function foo within the Bait controller class $this->foo() works fine. However if you put it in the model Class using the $this->Bait->foo() invocation syntax seems to ignore the parameter by reference although it does call the function. What's up with that?