Re: [Phrame-devel] PHP OO questions

[Jason S. <jsw...@ya...>]

Just an additional correction on this subject
> Also, where a method returns an object, should it be:
> 
> return &$object;

really should be
function &ReturnObj()
{
    return $this->_Obj;
}
 with the & on the function declaration line, not in the return line.

Jason

--- Jason Sweat <jsw...@ya...> wrote:
> Phrame list members,
> 
> I have not used PHP's OO extensively.  As I understand, PHP is different than
> most other languages in that objects assignments are copies of the object
> rather than references to the object by default, which contrasts with most
> other OO languages (and I believe PHP5 is changing this behavior).
> 
> If this behavior is correct, should most of the functions in phrame be
> explicitly defined as by reference?
> 
> For example, in the Action class, should we:
> 
> class Action extends Object
> {
> 	function perform(&$actionMapping, &$actionForm) {}
> }
> 
> Also, where a method returns an object, should it be:
> 
> return &$object;
> ??
> 
> Does anyone have knowledge in this regard?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jason
> 

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