On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Stephan Schmidt wrote: > Hi, > > > I think, and I could be completely wrong, that copying a > > variable actually > > creates a reference. The data is only copied when the > > variable referenced is > > modified. > Yes, that is correct.
No, it is not. 'copying' a variable copies the structure to contain the variable, but not the data, but does NOT make a reference as that's a different concept. You are right that the data associated with a variable container is only copied when it is modified. Derick -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
