PHP - lost reference in object array? -

i have array stores employee objects ie.

var $this->employeearray = array(); $this->employeearray[] = $empobjecta; $this->employeearray[] = $empobjectb; ... 

which employee object has id, firstname, lastname etc. have function search employee object id. ie:

public function searcharraybyid($id) { $targetobject = null;          foreach($this->employeearray $e) {             if ($id == $e->id) {                 $targetobject = $e;                 break;             }         }//foreach  return $targetobject;  } 

but when do:

$targetemployee = $this->searcharraybyid(1); $targetemployee->firstname = "someothername"; 

and

print_r($this->employeearray); 

that object inside array not being changed.

try this, & prepended, pass reference. simplified search function.

since dont know why isnt working you, because working me on 2 different servers without & can suggest 'safest' method => force references wherever possible

$this->employeearray[] = &$empobjecta;  // here  public function &searcharraybyid($id) {   // here     foreach($this->employeearray &$e) {   // , here         if ($id == $e->id) return $e;     }     return null; }  $targetemployee = $this->searcharraybyid(1); 

now if doesnt work, suspect error in code, because every reference forced here

funny thing is. tried here: http://phpfiddle.org/main/code/2cv-pt2 , php version, makes no difference (thats how should be). php version using? because php got better @ handling references (reducing unwanted/unnecessary copies)