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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Assign array with  __get
From: ionut.g.stan@gmail.com ("Ionut G. Stan")

Hi,

This is interesting and it appears the following change makes the 
snippet work as expected:

     public function &__get($name);


On 3/17/10 3:55 PM, mathieu.suen wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I came across a strange behavior when using the magic method __get and
> some instance variable that should be an array.
> Consider the following example:
>
>
> class A
> {
>
> public function __get($name)
> {
> $this->$name = array();
> return $this->$name;
> }
>
> public function test()
> {
> $this->_zork['bar'] = 67;
> }
> }
>
> $a = new A;
> $a->test();
>
> var_dump($a);
>
>
> So could someone explain me what is the semantic of the above statements?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> -- Mathieu Suen
>
>
>

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Ionut G. Stan
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