From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating system: Linux (Redhat 6.2) on an i686 PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Passing out class property by reference problem <? function xmpdump($xValue, $sLabel="") { echo "$sLabel<xmp>"; var_dump($xValue); echo "</xmp>"; } class test { var $sValue; var $Count = 0; function getTest(&$refObj) { if (isset($this->sValue)) { $refObj = &$this->sValue; xmpdump($refObj, "Reference before being passed back"); return; } else { $refObj = "phil".$this->Count; $this->Count++; $this->sValue = &$refObj; xmpdump($refObj, "Value before being passed back"); return; } } } $tst = new test(); $tst->getTest($tstObj0); xmpdump($tstObj0, "Value after being passed back"); $tst->getTest($tstObj1); xmpdump($tstObj1, "Refence after being passed back"); ?> The dump of $tstObj1 is NULL, despite the dump of $refObj immediately before it in the function working correctly. -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=9481&edit=1 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]