On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 12:19 -0400, Shu Chow wrote:
> Has anyone tried to assign a default value of null for an object passed
> by reference in PHP4?
>
> Let's say I had this code:
>
> $mObj = new testModel();
> $mObj->msg = "Bubba";
>
> testFunc();
>
> class testModel {
> var $msg;
> }
>
> function testFunc(&$msg=null) {
> echo $msg->msg;
> }
>
> Under PHP5, this works fine.
>
> Under PHP4, the "=" will cause an error: Parse error: syntax error,
> unexpected '=', expecting ')'. Removing the "&" in the parameter
> definition makes it work. I'm using 4.4.2 right now, but don't see
> anything in the later change logs that say this was fixed. I also don't
> find any mention of it in the bugs list. Is this a legit bug or am I
> committing a big no-no?
Not a bug, it's a limitation of PHP4.
Cheers,
Rob.
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