From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: Win2k
PHP version: 4.0.4pl1
PHP Bug Type: *General Issues
Bug description: $this can't be passed by reference inside of constructor
the following code-snippet illustrated the problem:
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class a
{
var $bla; // some intvalue
var $b; // object of type b
function a($i) {
$this->bla = $i;
// the next line ain't working in the constructor
//$this->b = new b($this);
}
function x() {
// the next line behaves like expected
$this->b = new b($this);
}
function p() {
echo "a::p ".$this->bla."<br>";
}
}
class b
{
var $a; // reference to object of type a
function b(&$a) {
$this->a = &$a;
}
function p() {
echo "b::p ".$this->a->bla."<br>";
}
}
$a = new a(10);
$a->x(); // works
$a->p();
$a->b->p();
$a->bla = 11;
$a->p();
$a->b->p();
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output:
a::p 10
b::p 10
a::p 11
b::p 11
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this is the wanted behaviour. var $a->b contains a object of type b which contains a
reference back to object $a. object b is instanciated and assigned via the $a->x()
methodcall. so far, nothing special.
when i want to get rid of the additional method in a (that's the x() method) and
instanciate b inside of a's constructor and assign it to $a->b with $this, $a->b->a
doesnt contain a reference to the calling a object but a copy of it.
thus, $this isn't really working inside of an object's constructor.
afaik do other languages have the same limitation of using $this inside of the
constructor due to address-calculation issues.
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Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8740&edit=1
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