[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37699: Death to Globals Episode #1: A Registry, A Pattern

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#37699: Death to Globals Episode #1: A Registry, A Pattern
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 Reporter:  wonderboymusic  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  General         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by dd32):

 Replying to [comment:87 GaryJ]:
 > I think there may actually be a change (desired or not) in behaviour
 here.
 >
 > With the `global $wpdb` in each method, you import the latest state of
 `$wpdb` when the method is called.

 That was true in PHP4, but from PHP5 onwards all object assignments are
 done by reference, meaning it's just yet-another-variable which references
 the global `$wpdb` contents.

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