Re: Re: Strange notation to create object

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On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 13:36, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> * Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
> > On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 11:32, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> > > The above notation is unnecessary when developing in PHP5, as objects in
> > > PHP5 are passed by reference by default. However, in PHP4, this was
> >
> > Not entirely, there's still a subtle difference in PHP5 between
> > assigning an object with = versus assigning with = &.
> 
> Would you mind explaining the difference? I've seen nothing in the docs,
> to indicate that assigning objects with =& in PHP5 is necessary, or even
> desired. My experience with PHP5 hasn't shown this either. I'd be
> interested to know to what you refer.

See for yourself when running the following script:

<?php

    class a
    {
    }

    class b
    {
    }

    $aObj = new a();
    $bObj = new b();

    $foo1 = $aObj;
    $foo2 = $aObj;
    $foo3 = $foo1;
    $foo4 = &$foo2;

    echo "------------------\n";
    print_r( $foo1 );
    print_r( $foo2 );
    print_r( $foo3 );
    print_r( $foo4 );

    $foo1 = $bObj;
    $foo2 = $bObj;

    echo "------------------\n";
    print_r( $foo1 );
    print_r( $foo2 );
    print_r( $foo3 );
    print_r( $foo4 );

    $foo1 = &$aObj;
?>

Cheers,
Rob.
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