ID: 12533
Updated by: yohgaki
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Old Status: Open
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
Operating System: W2k, Linux
PHP Version: 4.0.6
New Comment:
This is explained in the Manual. Please ask support question to php-general.
Note: Reference is not a pointer. This is confiuing, but it will not be fixed.
Previous Comments:
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[2001-08-02 10:26:44] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<?
$a = 1;
$b = 2;
function Sum() {
global $a, $b;
$b = &$a;
}
echo "a=$a b=$b";
?>
I expect echo to output "a=1 b=1" since within Sum I set the variable $b (which refers
to global $b) as a reference to $a.
However, this works using $GLOBALS instead of the keyword global.
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