note 106342 added to language.references.unset

The claim that unset does not work on objects does not appear to be correct to me (lowlight 20 Sep 11) as the following code shows: $a = new stdclass(); $a->something = true; unset($a); var_dump($a); // $a is now undefined as one would expect. I think that there is a problem with the code given in the previous post: function test(&$trash) { unset($trash); } $a = new stdclass(); $a->something = true; test($a); var_dump($a); // $a is still defined (and unchanged). My best understanding (guess?) of why the unset in the function call does not work is that the 'unset($trash)' line unbinds the $trash parameter from $a in much the same way that the test_rebind function (below) would remove the binding between $trash and $a and replace it with a binding to $GLOBALS and not cause a binding between $a and $GLOBALS. function test_rebind(&$trash) { $trash = $GLOBALS; } An additional comment on the nuke_me function presented is that the object property 'something' is unset but the object '$a' is still defined which, I presume, was not the intention of the code. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 88.97.22.61 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.unset.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/106342 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106342/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106342/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106342/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106342/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106342/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106342/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106342 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/106342 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php