ID: 11092 Updated by: sbergmann Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: Open Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating system: PHP Version: 4.0.5 Assigned To: Comments: Just noticed: It works as expected when I replace $a = $b->add_a(); with $a =& $b->add_a(); But this is not the syntax I was thinking of for my class. The user, which probably doesn't know of the class's internals, now has always use the =& assignment operator. This is definetly error-prone. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-05-24 13:04:25] [EMAIL PROTECTED] There seems to be a problem with objects returned from class methods by reference: <?php class a { var $data; function add_data($data) { $this->data[] = $data; } } class b { var $a; function &add_a() { $this->a = new a; return $this->a; } function dump() { print_r($this->a->data); } } $b = new b; $a = $b->add_a(); $a->add_data('test'); // works not $b->a->add_data('test'); // works $b->dump(); ?> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION! Do NOT reply to this email! To reply, use the web interface found at http://bugs.php.net/?id=11092&edit=2 -- 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]