Object in array turns into reference when I access it.

[Alex Farran]

Can anyone explain this? I'm running PHP Version 4.3.7

<?php
class foo {
function bar() {
}
}

$array["foo"] = new foo();

var_dump($array);
// Returns:
// array(1) {
// ["foo"]=>
// object(foo)(0) {
// }
// }

$array["foo"]->bar();

var_dump($array);
// Returns
// array(1) {
// ["foo"]=>
// &object(foo)(0) { <-- How did that happen?
// }
// }
?>
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[Janwillem Borleffs]

Alex Farran wrote:

Can anyone explain this? I'm running PHP Version 4.3.7

See: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=11543
JW

[Alex Farran]

Janwillem Borleffs writes:

Alex Farran wrote:

Can anyone explain this? I'm running PHP Version 4.3.7

See: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=11543

Thank you. So it is a bug. The last comment talks about the
__clone() method in Zend 2, which seems slightly tangential to the
problem. Can someone with PHP5 installed run my script and show me
what happens?

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[Sebastian Lauwers]

Alex Farran wrote:

Can someone with PHP5 installed run my script and show me
what happens?

Yes:

array(1) {
["foo"]=>
object(foo)#1 (0) {
}
}
array(1) {
["foo"]=>
object(foo)#1 (0) {
}
}

HTH,

PS: I used the script you gave in the first post, if you need me to test
another, i'd love to help.

Best regards,
Sebastian

[Alex Farran]

Sebastian Lauwers writes:

Alex Farran wrote:

Can someone with PHP5 installed run my script and show me
what happens?

Yes:

Thanks. That's much more sensible behaviour. One more reason to
switch to PHP5 ASAP.

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