PHP返回引用

时间:2012-12-31 22:06:44

标签: php reference

我已经通过在函数定义和变量赋值中放入&符号来阅读PHP中返回引用的部分。但是,我还没有在php代码中找到与面向对象编程无关的“返回引用”的示例。任何人都可以提供此用途和示例吗?

2 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:2)

让我从一个非常简单的例子开始,

class Test {

    //Public intentionally
    //Because we are going to access it directly later
    //in order to see if it's changed
    public $property = 'test';

    /**
     * Look carefully at getPropReference() title
     * we have an ampersand there, that is we're indicating
     * that we're returning a reference to the class property
     * 
     * @return string A reference to $property
     */
    public function &getPropReference()
    {
         return $this->property;
    }
}


$test = new Test();

//IMPORTANT!! Assign to $_foo a reference, not a copy!
//Otherwise, it does not make sense at all
$_foo =& $test->getPropReference();

//Now when you change a $_foo the property of an $test object would be changed as well
$_foo = "another string";

// As you can see the public property of the class
// has been changed as well
var_dump($test->property); // Outputs: string(14) "another string" 

$_foo = "yet another string";
var_dump($test->property);   //Outputs "yet another string"

答案 1 :(得分:-1)

更新:此答案涉及通过引用传递,而不是通过引用返回。保留其信息价值。

阅读本文:

http://php.net/manual/en/language.references.pass.php

然后看一下这个例子:

<?php
function AddTimestamp(&$mytimes)
{
    $mytimes[] = time();
}


$times = array();
AddTimestamp($times);
AddTimestamp($times);
AddTimestamp($times);

// Result is an array with 3 timestamps.

使用面向对象技术可以更好地实现吗?也许,但有时需要/有理由修改现有的基于价值的数据结构或变量。

考虑一下:

function ValidateString(&$input, &$ErrorList)
{
   $input = trim($input);
   if(strlen($input) < 1 || strlen($input) > 10) 
   {
      $ErrorList[] = 'Input must be between 1 and 10 characters.';
      return False;
   }
} 

$Err = array();
$Name = '  Jason    ';

ValidateString($Name, $Err);

// At this point, $Name is trimmed. If there was an error, $Err has the message.

因此,根据您的需要,仍有时间通过​​PHP引用。对象总是通过引用传递,因此无论何时将数据封装在对象中,它都会自动成为引用。