Re: [PHP4BETA] can we support $a = array("text" => &$text)?

Yes, you're correct. This is how it works. The copy constructor keeps references in place and doesn't duplicate the values. Andi At 12:13 PM 10/1/99 +0200, Thies C. Arntzen wrote:

works! we have a litte feature/problem with references in arrays though - maybe we should document it! script: <? $text = "clever"; $thies = array(&$text); function check_iq($a) { $a[ 0 ] = "stupid"; } var_dump($text); check_iq($thies); // note that we dont "pass-by-reference" var_dump($text); ?> shows: ./php ../arrayref.php Content-Type: text/html string(6) "clever" string(6) "stupid" so "once-by-reference" means "always-by-reference" - i can live with that - i actually like it - tc On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Andi Gutmans wrote: Your wish is my command. I just implemented it and am commiting it to the Zend tree. Please mess around with it a bit and see if it works well. Andi At 08:40 PM 9/29/99 +0200, Thies C. Arntzen wrote:

right now one would have to write: $a = array(); $a["text"]=&$text; just an idea - (i know we spoke about it some month ago) tc -- PHP 4 Beta

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