Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] File Cabinet update

[Matthew M. <ma...@tu...>]

Ok I think the php 4 problem is fixed. Grab the new Cabinet.php commit.

Until PHP 5 is standard, this may pop up from time to time.

PHP 5 allows this

$parent->child->parent = $parent;

because all objects are passed by reference.

PHP 4 requires

$parent->child->parent = & $parent;

So that is what was missing from Cabinet.php.

I have had this problem before, I just tend to forget.

Something that may come to haunt me later is that I am removing the
ampersand from constructors. In PHP 4 I did this:

$object = & new Class;

In 5 I am calling:

$object = new Class;

The PHP 5 method seems to work in both but in 4 it may be leaving a
constructor object left behind in memory. So to test this theory I ran
memory checks on both versions. The result was that PHP 5 ran about one
meg over the PHP 4 version. This seems backwards to me since 5 is
supposed to be references for objects. I also thought that PHP reserved
memory from classes until instantiated. So, again, there should be some
memory saving. I don't get it.

One final note: translation changes are all committed. I have also added
the German translation files supplied by Peter Heppner. I'd like to
thank Ortwin Pinke again for his help.
The changes will require an update for each module. Many had
translations in their config files and they need copying to the local
level.

Matt


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Matthew McNaney
Electronic Student Services
Appalachian State University
http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu