ID: 35034 User updated by: olympic at dino-online dot de Reported By: olympic at dino-online dot de Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: *nix PHP Version: 5.0.5 New Comment:
Following your comment: $a=new Foo(); $b=$a ; // $b references $a $c=($a); //$c is now a copy because only variables are referencable ? (NOPE) Well, seems a little bitte inconsistent for me, why different behaviours in assignment and method calls ? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-31 12:58:26] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php ($this) is an expression, not a variable, thus you can not pass it by reference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-31 12:00:17] olympic at dino-online dot de Description: ------------ $this is treated as references, while ($this) not... $this != ($this) ?? omg :) Reproduce code: --------------- error_reporting(E_ALL); class Bar { function onlyByRefPlease(&$foo) { // ... } function someMemberFunc1() { $this->onlyByRefPlease($this); } function someMemberFunc2() { $this->onlyByRefPlease(($this)); // note: 2 Braces! } }; $foo = new Bar(); $foo->someMemberFunc1(); $foo->someMemberFunc2(); // throws error Expected result: ---------------- /* none */ Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in /www/v3.evalanche.com/web/php_refbug.php on line 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35034&edit=1
