in PHP you don't really need pointer anymore if you want to share an object across your program
<?php
class foo{
protected $name;
function __construct($str){
$this->name = $str;
}
function __toString(){
return 'my name is "'. $this->name .'" and I live in "' . __CLASS__ . '".' . "\n";
}
function setName($str){
$this->name = $str;
}
}
class MasterOne{
protected $foo;
function __construct($f){
$this->foo = $f;
}
function __toString(){
return 'Master: ' . __CLASS__ . ' | foo: ' . $this->foo . "\n";
}
function setFooName($str){
$this->foo->setName( $str );
}
}
class MasterTwo{
protected $foo;
function __construct($f){
$this->foo = $f;
}
function __toString(){
return 'Master: ' . __CLASS__ . ' | foo: ' . $this->foo . "\n";
}
function setFooName($str){
$this->foo->setName( $str );
}
}
$bar = new foo('bar');
print("\n");
print("Only Created \$bar and printing \$bar\n");
print( $bar );
print("\n");
print("Now \$baz is referenced to \$bar and printing \$bar and \$baz\n");
$baz =& $bar;
print( $bar );
print("\n");
print("Now Creating MasterOne and Two and passing \$bar to both constructors\n");
$m1 = new MasterOne( $bar );
$m2 = new MasterTwo( $bar );
print( $m1 );
print( $m2 );
print("\n");
print("Now changing value of \$bar and printing \$bar and \$baz\n");
$bar->setName('baz');
print( $bar );
print( $baz );
print("\n");
print("Now printing again MasterOne and Two\n");
print( $m1 );
print( $m2 );
print("\n");
print("Now changing MasterTwo's foo name and printing again MasterOne and Two\n");
$m2->setFooName( 'MasterTwo\'s Foo' );
print( $m1 );
print( $m2 );
print("Also printing \$bar and \$baz\n");
print( $bar );
print( $baz );
?>