似乎很多人都对对象传递给函数的方式和引用传递的含义感到困惑。对象仍然是按值传递的，只是PHP5中传递的值是引用句柄。证明:

<?php
class Holder {
    private $value;

    public function __construct($value) {
        $this->value = $value;
    }

    public function getValue() {
        return $this->value;
    }
}

function swap($x, $y) {
    $tmp = $x;
    $x = $y;
    $y = $tmp;
}

$a = new Holder('a');
$b = new Holder('b');
swap($a, $b);

echo $a->getValue() . ", " . $b->getValue() . "\n";

输出:

a, b

通过引用传递意味着我们可以修改调用者看到的变量，显然上面的代码没有做到这一点。我们需要将swap函数更改为:

<?php
function swap(&$x, &$y) {
    $tmp = $x;
    $x = $y;
    $y = $tmp;
}

$a = new Holder('a');
$b = new Holder('b');
swap($a, $b);

echo $a->getValue() . ", " . $b->getValue() . "\n";

输出:

b, a

为了通过引用传递。

根据PHP文档，它是按值计算的。

默认情况下，函数实参是按值传递的(这样，如果函数内实参的值改变了，它不会在函数外被改变)。为了允许函数修改其参数，它们必须通过引用传递。 要让函数的实参始终通过引用传递，请在函数定义中的实参名称前加上&。

<?php
function add_some_extra(&$string)
{
    $string .= 'and something extra.';
}

$str = 'This is a string, ';
add_some_extra($str);
echo $str;    // outputs 'This is a string, and something extra.'
?>

class Holder
{
    private $value;

    public function __construct( $value )
    {
        $this->value = $value;
    }

    public function getValue()
    {
        return $this->value;
    }

    public function setValue( $value )
    {
        return $this->value = $value;
    }
}

class Swap
{       
    public function SwapObjects( Holder $x, Holder $y )
    {
        $tmp = $x;

        $x = $y;

        $y = $tmp;
    }

    public function SwapValues( Holder $x, Holder $y )
    {
        $tmp = $x->getValue();

        $x->setValue($y->getValue());

        $y->setValue($tmp);
    }
}


$a1 = new Holder('a');

$b1 = new Holder('b');



$a2 = new Holder('a');

$b2 = new Holder('b');


Swap::SwapValues($a1, $b1);

Swap::SwapObjects($a2, $b2);



echo 'SwapValues: ' . $a2->getValue() . ", " . $b2->getValue() . "<br>";

echo 'SwapObjects: ' . $a1->getValue() . ", " . $b1->getValue() . "<br>";

属性在没有通过引用传递时仍然是可以修改的，所以要小心。

输出:

SwapObjects: b, a SwapValues: a, b

在PHP 5中通过引用传递对象，在PHP 4中通过值传递对象。 默认情况下，变量是按值传递的!

阅读此处:http://www.webeks.net/programming/php/ampersand-operator-used-for-assigning-reference.html

http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration5.oop.php

In PHP 5 there is a new Object Model. PHP's handling of objects has been completely rewritten, allowing for better performance and more features. In previous versions of PHP, objects were handled like primitive types (for instance integers and strings). The drawback of this method was that semantically the whole object was copied when a variable was assigned, or passed as a parameter to a method. In the new approach, objects are referenced by handle, and not by value (one can think of a handle as an object's identifier).

似乎很多人都对对象传递给函数的方式和引用传递的含义感到困惑。对象仍然是按值传递的，只是PHP5中传递的值是引用句柄。证明:

<?php
class Holder {
    private $value;

    public function __construct($value) {
        $this->value = $value;
    }

    public function getValue() {
        return $this->value;
    }
}

function swap($x, $y) {
    $tmp = $x;
    $x = $y;
    $y = $tmp;
}

$a = new Holder('a');
$b = new Holder('b');
swap($a, $b);

echo $a->getValue() . ", " . $b->getValue() . "\n";

输出:

a, b

通过引用传递意味着我们可以修改调用者看到的变量，显然上面的代码没有做到这一点。我们需要将swap函数更改为:

<?php
function swap(&$x, &$y) {
    $tmp = $x;
    $x = $y;
    $y = $tmp;
}

$a = new Holder('a');
$b = new Holder('b');
swap($a, $b);

echo $a->getValue() . ", " . $b->getValue() . "\n";

输出:

b, a

为了通过引用传递。