[PHP-DOC] Re: &$this? From: Jeroen van Wolffelaar (jeroen <email protected>)
Date: 09/25/01

> does anyone know what does &$this mean? I saw this on the php.net
tuturial
> for references inside a constructor.
> I thought that $this is already a reference?
> The way it was used :
> class Foo
> {
> function Foo($name)
> {
> // create a reference inside the global array $globalref
> global $globalref;
> $globalref[] = &$this;
> // set name to passed value
> $this->setName($name);
> // and put it out
> $this->echoName();
> }
> thanks for any input!

It's in the docs somewhere that this doesn't work inside a constructor.

Add a manual note to the relevant page if you think it should be noted
elsewhere too.

--Jeroen