Re: [Quickform] pass by reference problem

<ghopson@mac.com> wrote : > Hi, > > I just upgraded to HTML_Quickform 3.1 from 2.x - a big leap, > apparently! Oh, and I changed PHP from 4.1.1 to 4.3.2 at the same > time...fatal! > > I am creating a form, and passing the form into a function on a class > so that the class could populate the form with fields pertinent to that > class. Before today this worked. The code kinda looks like this: > > class MyInvoice > { > ... > function buildForm( &$form) { > $form->addElement(...); etc. > } > } > > And, in my page... > > $form = &new HTML_Quickform('myname', 'POST'); > $myInstance = &new MyInvoice(); > $myInstance->buildForm($form); > > If I log out the $form value before and after the call to buildForm, > the values are the same. If I log the value of the form inside the > buildform function, then I see all my elements. It's as if the form is > not passed by reference, and the changes I make to it are not reflected > in the calling code. > > Anyone have any insight? I guess it's more of a PHP problem as opposed > to PEAR::Quickform, but everything else seems to be working OK. No insight, sorry. Maybe try: $form = new HTML_Quickform('myname', 'POST'); $myInstance = &new MyInvoice(); $myInstance->buildForm($form); As there's no need to have a reference to the new QuickForm instance. Tell me if you find anything new, maybe we can sort this out. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam