Are there pointers in php?

Question

What does this code mean? Is this how you declare a pointer in php?

$this->entryId = $entryId;

Answer 1

You can simulate pointers to instantiated objects to some degree:

class pointer {
   var $child;

   function pointer(&$child) {
       $this->child = $child;
   }

   public function __call($name, $arguments) {
       return call_user_func_array(
           array($this->child, $name), $arguments);
   }
}

Use like this:

$a = new ClassA();

$p = new pointer($a);

If you pass $p around, it will behave like a C++ pointer regarding method calls (you can't touch object variables directly, but that's evil anyways :) ).