note 55689 added to language.references.spot

Sometimes an object's method returning a reference to itself is required. Here is a way to code it: <?php class MyClass { public $datum; public $other; function &MyRef($d) { // the method $this->datum = $d; return $this; // returns the reference } } $a = new MyClass; $b = $a->MyRef(25); // creates the reference echo "This is object \$a: \n"; print_r($a); echo "This is object \$b: \n"; print_r($b); $b->other = 50; echo "This is object \$a, modified" . " indirectly by modifying ref \$b: \n"; print_r($a); ?> This code outputs: This is object $a: MyClass Object ( [datum] => 25 [other] => ) This is object $b: MyClass Object ( [datum] => 25 [other] => ) This is object $a, modified indirectly by modifying ref $b: MyClass Object ( [datum] => 25 [other] => 50 ) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.spot.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55689 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55689&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55689&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55689&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55689&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55689&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55689&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55689&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php