note 95369 added to language.oop5.overloading

Franz: It doesn't say assignment chaining doesn't work, it simply says that the return value of __set is ignored. So this works fine: <?php $x = $obj->field = 7; // $x == 7, $obj->field == 7 ?> On the other hand, this won't work as you (the author of class Test) expect, but will continue to behave as users of class Test expect: <?php class Test { function __set($field, $value) { return $this->$field = "foo"; } } $test = new Test(); $x = $test->field = 7; // $x == 7, $test->field == "foo" ?> This is generally a good thing; altering the behaviour of something as fundamental as assignment chaining is never a good idea. ---- Server IP: 66.207.199.35 Probable Submitter: 216.240.7.39 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/95369 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95369/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95369/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95369/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95369/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95369/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95369/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95369 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/95369 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php