From: Jason Woofenden <jason183@herkamire.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:51:23 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: added stupid hack so I can have a default for a "pass by reference" parameter
X-Git-Url: https://jasonwoof.com/gitweb/?p=wfpl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6f252f52214852fc7f2fe082d2748976ff67fdeb

added stupid hack so I can have a default for a "pass by reference" parameter
---

diff --git a/calendar.php b/calendar.php
index 78fc206..d9a7d29 100644
--- a/calendar.php
+++ b/calendar.php
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@ function calendar_day($kind, &$template) {
 	$template->sub('day');
 }
 
-function calendar($year, $month, $events = 0, &$template = 0) {
-	if($template == 0) {
-		$template = $GLOBALS['wfpl_template'];
+# php4 is broken, in that you cannot set a default value for a parameter that
+# is passed by reference. So, this is set up to use the following screwy
+# syntax:
+#
+# calendar('2006', '12', $events, ref($my_template))
+function calendar($year, $month, $events = 0, $template = 0) {
+	if($template === 0) {
+		$template = &$GLOBALS['wfpl_template'];
+	} else {
+		$template = &$template->ref;
 	}
 
 	if(strlen($year) == 2) {
diff --git a/misc.php b/misc.php
index 4e1da44..abe5c28 100644
--- a/misc.php
+++ b/misc.php
@@ -25,4 +25,29 @@ function this_month() {
 	return strftime('%m');
 }
 
+
+# php4 is broken, in that you cannot set a default value for a parameter that
+# is passed by reference. So, this is set up to use the following screwy
+# syntax:
+#
+# function foo($bar = 0) {
+#   if($bar !== 0) {
+#     $bar = $bar->ref;
+#   }
+#	...
+# }
+#
+# foo();
+# foo(ref($baz));
+
+class stupid_reference {
+	var $ref;
+	function stupid_reference(&$ref) {
+		$this->ref = &$ref;
+	}
+}
+function ref(&$foo) {
+	return new stupid_reference($foo);
+}
+
 ?>