Posted by L�pher Cypher on 12/29/05 16:07

Hi,

Suppose I instantiate an object $a and store it in a global array. Now,
if I change a property of $a, the property in $a will have the new
value, but the property in the global array will have the old one. Does
anyone know workarounds?

global $global;
$global = array();

class A {
var $i;

function A() {
$this->i = 0;
}

function chg() {
$this->i += 2;
}
}


$a = new A();
$global[0] = $a;
$b = new A();
$global[1] = $b;

// here $global[0]->i == $global[1]->i == $a->i == $b->i == 0

$a->chg();

// here $global[0]->i == 0, $a->i == 2

Is there a way to store an object by reference so that whenever its
properties change, the global array item would still be referring the
actual object and not a copy of it I assume it made on the assigment?

Thanks,
luph

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