ID:               29441
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      php at cyruslesser dot com
 Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Class/Object related
-Operating System: Linux Debian
+Operating System: *
-PHP Version:      5.0.0
+PHP Version:      5.*
 New Comment:

You don't copy a class, you copy an instance.
And since PHP 5.0.0 you no longer copy by value but instead by object
id.


Previous Comments:
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[2004-08-02 14:21:08] php at cyruslesser dot com

Well, in version 4.3.8, it returns

a: 1
b: 2

In version 5.0.0 it returns (without error or notification)

a: 2
b: 2

That may or may not be intentional, but if there's a way to copy an
object instead of a pointer to an object, I can't find it in the
manual.

Cyrus Lesser

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[2004-08-02 12:56:01] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

.

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[2004-07-29 08:44:27] php at cyruslesser dot com

Description:
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This may just be my mis-understanding of how the language should work,
but surely when you copy an object (class) and make changes to it,
those changes shouldn't affect the original object?   

I don't really see the point in making a copy of an object, if the
changes you make to the new copy affect the old copy.

If I'm just dumb, then I apologise.

Reproduce code:
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<?

class c {
   var $i = 0;
};

$a = new c;
$a->i = 1;

$b = $a;
$b->i = 2;

echo "a: $a->i";
echo "b: $b->i";

?>

Expected result:
----------------
a: 1
b: 2

Actual result:
--------------
a: 2
b: 2


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