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Posted by Matthew Weier O'Phinney on 09/28/84 11:19
* Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> :
> On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 11:32, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> > * Michael Stepanov <michaelstepanov@francoudi.com> :
> > > Usually, I develop on Perl. But my current task pushes me to start use
> > > PHP. Generally, it's great but sometimes I'm a little bit confused.
> > > For example, recently I've found a strange notation of creation of PHP
> > > objects:
> > >
> > > $obj = & new SomeObject();
> > >
> > > Can anyone explain me meaning of *&*?
> >
> > & is used to create references -- kind of like \ in perl.
> >
> > 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.
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