Trying to store a reference to $this from inside the constructor does not store the same reference that new class() returns.  The following example shows that.

<?php

class foo {
  var $Name;
  function foo($name) {
    Global $List;
    $List[] = &$this;
    $this->Name = $name;
  }
  function echoName() {
    echo "<br>".$this->Name;
  }
}

$bar1 = new foo('constructor1');
$bar2 = new foo('constructor2');
$bar3 = new foo('constructor3');

$bar1->Name = 'outside1';
$bar2->Name = 'outside2';
$bar3->Name = 'outside3';

// $bar1..3 have been changed as shown below

$bar1->echoName();
$bar2->echoName();
$bar3->echoName();

// $list however contains a copy becuase it's values have not been changed

while (list($key, $val) = each($List)) {
  $val->echoName();
}

?>

Either a copy is being made when it shouldn't be or I'm doing something wrong.  If I'm doing something wrong I think this should be documented.

Mike Heath