Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/02/07 01:55

Jon Slaughter wrote:
> If I do something like
>
> $r = &$something;
>
> $r = array();
>
> does it refer to $something or does the reference get remove first? if
> so(which it seems it is) can I for $r always ot point to $something?
>

The reference is removed first. As in all assignments in PHP, the
current assignment replaces the previous one.n

> Essentially what I'm trying to do is simplfy the a variable name but I need
> to create it if it doesn't exist after the reference.
>
> What I have is a class that contains a variable that points to a session
> variable and I want to use that class variable throughout the class as a
> reference to the session variable but I have to create the session variable
> if it does exist in some cases which seems to be removing the reference and
> creating a new variable instead.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>


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