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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:42:36 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Object Equality
From: wez@thebrainroom.com ("Wez Furlong")

Interestingly enough, I brought up this issue just over a year
ago.  Even more interesting is that I stumbled across my original
post from that time while looking into something else today.

http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.dev&article=88735

(patch included)

--Wez.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LingWitt@insightbb.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:21 PM
Subject: [PHP-DEV] Object Equality


> (Note: this email seems to relate to this list in my opinion, but I 
> have been chewed out before when posting such emails)
> 
> I am using PHP 4.3.2, and it seems that testing objects for equality 
> (with == or ===) causes an internal bug when the objects have recursive 
> instance variables. That is, if the objects being tested have a 
> variable that is a reference to an object that has a variable that is a 
> reference to the first object, then the PHP processor dies. What can be 
> done about this? If this needs to be sent to another mailing list, 
> please let me know.
> 
> Thank you.