"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:Jvednd9CRpQS-i_anZ2dnUVZ_qLinZ2d@comcast.com...
> AirYT wrote:
>> "AirYT" <airyt@PLEASEDONTSPAMMEfunkychickens.org> wrote in message
>> news:Qutsj.233136$X56.208942@fe06.news.easynews.co m...
>>> Howdy - found an interesting one here. I am trying to create an array of
>>> objects. I've got some well formed classes and in some cases all i need
>>> to do is to create an array of a particular class. after a few hours of
>>> pulling the hair out i think i have found a bug in the windows version
>>> of php (after i have tested it against a linux installation):
>>>
>>> here is the code:
>>> <?
>>> class t1 {
>>> var $num;
>>> }
>>> $x = new t1();
>>> for ($c=0;$c<5;$c++) {
>>> $x->num = $c;
>>> $Array[] = $x;
>>> }
>>> echo "<pre>";
>>> print_r( $Array );
>>> echo "</pre>";
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> LINUX OUTPUT (as expected):
>>> Array
>>> (
>>> [0] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 0
>>> )
>>>
>>> [1] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 1
>>> )
>>>
>>> [2] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 2
>>> )
>>>
>>> [3] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 3
>>> )
>>>
>>> [4] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 4
>>> )
>>>
>>> )
>>>
>>>
>>> WINDOWS OUTPUT (WTF?!):
>>> Array
>>> (
>>> [0] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 4
>>> )
>>>
>>> [1] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 4
>>> )
>>>
>>> [2] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 4
>>> )
>>>
>>> [3] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 4
>>> )
>>>
>>> [4] => t1 Object
>>> (
>>> [num] => 4
>>> )
>>>
>>> )
>>>
>>>
>>> So as you can see, each object in the windows array has been replaced
>>> with the last object that was assigned to the array.
>>> If i display the array as it is being built on each iteration of the
>>> loop, you can see quite clearly that the previously added objects are
>>> being overwritten with the last-added object.
>>> Thus you end up with an array with the correct number of objects, but
>>> each object is simply a copy of the last object added to the array.
>>> In this test example, if i add the 'num' value to the array instead (ie.
>>> $Array = $x->num), it works perfectly as an array of numbers.
>>>
>>> Windows Configuration:
>>> Windows Server 2000 SP4 (IIS 5)
>>> Php 5.2.3 (run as ISAPI mode, not cgi-mode)
>>>
>>> Any ideas or would be HUGELY appreciated. I am HOPING that there is
>>> some configuration switch that i have overlooked that will fix this bug.
>>> Otherwise, i will have to do a LOT of workarounds...
>>>
>>> thanks in advance, ynot2k
>>>
>>>
>>
>> one thing i should note is that the Linux/Apache version of PHP is 4.3.2.
>> So is this a PHP 5 issue instead?
>>
>> cheers, ynot2k
>
> Yep, PHP4 copies objects; PHP5 references objects. Check out clone.
>
> --
> ==================
> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstucklex@attglobal.net
> ==================
>

bingo.

grazie, ynot2k