Quoting Andrei:
Static variables are references, so you should not use &new
when assigning to them, same as with global variables.
sorry for the fuzz :)
- Markus
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 02:09:26AM +0200, Sebastian Bergmann wrote :
> Consider the following code
>
> <?php
> class foo {
> function foo() {}
> }
>
> function contains_static() {
> static $bar;
> echo '1'.$bar.'<br>';
>
> $bar =& new foo();
> echo '2'.$bar.'<br>';
> }
>
> contains_static();
> contains_static();
> ?>
>
> When $bar is assigned as above (with a &), this outputs
>
> 1
> 2Object
> 1
> 2Object
>
> Clearly, the static variable loses its contend between the two
> calls.
>
> After removing the & the output looks as follows
>
> 1
> 2Object
> 1Object
> 2Object
>
> Now the question: Is this a bug and assignment to a static
> variable by reference should work, or is this intended
> behaviour since after the scope of contains_static() the
> reference count is decreased, and bla bla ?
>
> You can easily find argument for both variants, hence the
> question.
>
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