Re: [SMARTY-DEV] get_registered_object() ??

On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 08:32:22AM -0600, Monte Ohrt wrote: > You can pass objects to functions as arguments: > > {$foo bar=$foo->bar} <-- good > > You just can't pass them as object parameters: > > {$foo->bar($foo->bar)} <-- no good yes and no :) i can pass an object as parameter, but i get a copy of it, not a reference to it. i cannot change any properties or call any methods that change the object's internal state. i will always change the copy, not the original. > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 02:22, M Mohr wrote: > > Hello, > > > > since objects cannot be passed to function as arguments and i see no > > easy way to add this possibility to smarty, wouldn't it be nice to > > have a function in smarty to access objects by name? > > > > function &get_registered_object($name) { > > if (isset($this->_reg_objects[$name])) > > return $this->_reg_objects[$name][0]; > > } > > > > this could be used inside plugins to obtain references to registered > > objects without relying on smarties internal $_reg_objects structure. > > > > for example: > > > > {foo object=oname}...{/foo} > > > > and in smarty_block_foo() we can do: > > > > if (isset[$params['object']]) { > > $o =& $smarty->&get_registered_object($params['object']); > > // user $o here > > } > > > > so the plugins can use objects by name. similar to "item" and "key" in > > {foreach}. > > > > any opinions/comments? > > > > > > regards > > messju > -- > Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net> > > > -- > Smarty Development Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- MIME: Elektronische Fraktur. Ralph Babel