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. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php