From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating system: Windows 2000 PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Reference issue I tried it with: allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off and allow_call_time_pass_reference = On It seems that the result is not send automatically as a reference class A{ function &b(&$f) { $d=&$f; $f='5'; return $d; } } $c='3'; $d=new A(); $h=$d->b($c); $h=&$d->b($c); //The & is needed to work well $h='9'; echo $c. ' '.$h; The value of c is not updated correctly if we don't ask for a reference -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=9453&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]