Some quick PHP questions

[Phil Latio]

Firstly, is the following code allowed assuming the addContent function
expects as single argument?
$page->addContent($fo rm = new Form());

Secondly, I've been reading a tutorial and noticed the use of an "&" in
front of the word "new" when instantiating a new object. See example below,
I just wondered what is it's significance? The code was purely a snippet.
$textField1 = &new inputTextObject ("blah", "blah", "blah");

Cheers

Phil

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Phil Latio wrote:

Firstly, is the following code allowed assuming the addContent function
expects as single argument?
$page->addContent($fo rm = new Form());

Yes.

Secondly, I've been reading a tutorial and noticed the use of an "&" in
front of the word "new" when instantiating a new object. See example
below, I just wondered what is it's significance? The code was purely a
snippet. $textField1 = &new inputTextObject ("blah", "blah", "blah");

The ampersand sign ("&") is the reference operator; it has no use at all
when creating new instances.

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[Hendri Kurniawan]

Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:

Phil Latio wrote:

>Secondly, I've been reading a tutorial and noticed the use of an "&" in
front of the word "new" when instantiating a new object. See example
below, I just wondered what is it's significance? The code was purely a
snippet. $textField1 = &new inputTextObject ("blah", "blah", "blah");

The ampersand sign ("&") is the reference operator; it has no use at all
when creating new instances.

No use when creating new instance under PHP5,
Under PHP4 it makes quite a difference.

[Phil Latio]

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Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:

>Phil Latio wrote:

>>Secondly, I've been reading a tutorial and noticed the use of an "&" in
front of the word "new" when instantiating a new object. See example
below, I just wondered what is it's significance? The code was purely a
snippet. $textField1 = &new inputTextObject ("blah", "blah", "blah");

The ampersand sign ("&") is the reference operator; it has no use at all
when creating new instances.

No use when creating new instance under PHP5,
Under PHP4 it makes quite a difference.

That explains it. I think the tutorial was originally written for PHP4 or at
least the author wanted compatibility with PHP4.

Cheers

Phil

[Phil Latio]

"Iván Sánchez Ortega" <[e-mail]>
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Phil Latio wrote:

>Firstly, is the following code allowed assuming the addContent function
expects as single argument?
$page->addContent($fo rm = new Form());

Yes.

Thanks for this.

Cheers

Phil