Re: &$this?

&$varname menas to take the address of the variable, example: $a = "Hello world!"; $b = &$a; $b = "Hi! this is var B"; echo $a; // output will be: Hi! this is var B "Ming-Chieh Lee" <ming@thesmartport.com> wrote in message news:20010925194957.34536.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > does anyone know what does &$this mean? I saw this on the php.net tuturial > for references inside a constructor. > I thought that $this is already a reference? > The way it was used : > class Foo > { > function Foo($name) > { > // create a reference inside the global array $globalref > global $globalref; > $globalref[] = &$this; > // set name to passed value > $this->setName($name); > // and put it out > $this->echoName(); > } > thanks for any input! > > >