Generally we add to an array with
$myarray[] = $myItem
but if $myItem is a massive object I don't want it to get copied, instead I want it to be assigned by reference. Something like
$myarray[] = &$myItem
but that doesn't work and instead replaces every element in $myarray with $myItem
I tried
$myarray[count($myarray)] = &$myItem
but it still replaces everything in $myarray
I am running PHP v5.5
Objects are always assigned by reference. So:
$collection = array();
$blah = new Blah();
$blah->param = "something";
$collection[] = $blah;
$blah->param = "changed";
echo $collection[0]->param; // will output "changed"
According to How to push a copy of an object into array in PHP
Objects are always passed by reference in php 5 or later.
Therefore this question isn't really a concern anymore.