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Posted by tony on 10/14/09 11:47
In article <1147385803.897554.68210@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
chernyshevsky@hotmail.com says...
>
> tony@tony.com wrote:
> > When debugging the blowfish utility I noticed that
> >
> > $bf = new Crypt_Blowfish($mykey);
> > echo("BF: " . $bf");
> >
> > Outputs the word "OBJECT" on a PHP-4 linux system
> >
> > and "OBJECT id #1" on a windoze PHP-5 system
> >
> > Can anyone confirm this is correct and even better -
> > explain what the output of each is please
> > (I dont understand PHP classes yet)
>
> The "Object ..." string is the result of PHP converting an object to a
> string. The id # in PHP5 is a new feature. Internally, the Zend 2
> engine keeps track of all objects in an array. An object's id is its
> place within that array.
>
> The object id is useful for debugging purpose. It also give you a way
> to use objects as keys to a hash table.
>
>
Aha - thanks Chung - that makes more sense to me now.
(I really must make time to get into classes soon - but thats the
catch 22 I guess - do I make time or just keep working !)
tony
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