A problem with PHP 4.3.11 and PHP 5.1.2 object reference (SOLVED)

[mlavwilson]

I have the following code that works great on my 5.1.2 local instance, then when I deploy it to my goDaddy server which is running 4.3.11, the $league varable does not contain any coaches that the FranchiseHandler created.  I know the sax parse is working (see: http://www.ffauthority.com/modules/projection/parse.php), because the echo is displaying the ids.  However the $league varable seams to have messed up scope on hte 4.3.11 instance, aAny ideas?
[code]
<?php
if (!defined("XOOPS_ROOT_PATH"))
{
die("XOOPS root path not defined");
}

require (XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/class/ff/League.php");
require (XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/class/snoopy.php");
require (XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/class/xml/saxparser.php");
require (XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/class/xml/xmltaghandler.php");

class MflParser
{
var $version = "1.0.0";
var $xml;
var $league;

function doParse($leagueId)
{
$this->league = new League($leagueId);
$file = "http://football.myfantasyleague.com/2006/export?L=".$leagueId."&TYPE=league";
$snoopy = new Snoopy();
if (!$snoopy->fetch($file) || !$snoopy->results)
{
$this->_setErrors('Could not open file: '.$file);
if (!empty ($snoopy->error))
$this->_setErrors("Snoopy status=".htmlspecialchars($snoopy->error));
if ($snoopy->timed_out)
$this->_setErrors("Timed out");
}
$this->xml = $snoopy->results;

$leagueParser = new Mfl2Parser($snoopy->results, $this->league);
if (!$leagueParser->parse())
{
$this->_setErrors($this->_parser->getErrors(false));
unset ($leagueParser);
return false;
}
}
}

class Mfl2Parser extends SaxParser
{
var $league;

function Mfl2Parser($input, &$league)
{
$this->SaxParser($input);
$this->useUtfEncoding();
$this->addTagHandler(new FranchiseHandler());
$this->league = $league;
}
}

class FranchiseHandler extends XmlTagHandler
{
function FranchiseHandler()
{
}

function getName()
{
return "franchise";
}

function handleBeginElement($parser, $attributes)
{
$coach = new Coach($attributes["id"], $attributes["name"]);
$parser->league->coaches[$coach->id] = $coach;
echo $attributes["id"] . "-" . $attributes["name"];
}
}
?>
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[code]
<?php

class League
{
var $id;
  var $coaches = array();
 
  function League($id)
{
$this->id = $id;
}
}

class Coach
{
  var $id;
  var $name;
  var $players = array();
 
  function Coach($id, $name)
{
$this->id = $id;
$this->name = $name;
}
}

class Player
{
  var $id;
  var $internalId;
}
?>
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[mlavwilson]

*bump*

[ToonMariner]

this may be completely off the map - but does your godaddy server allow teh short php tags '<?'

as that is the opening tag of an xml declaration - so there may be some conflict

[mlavwilson]

*bump*

It seams that the scope of the $league varable gets lost when the parser returns.  This is driving me crazy!

[mlavwilson]

*bump*

[mlavwilson]

*bump*

[mlavwilson]

My problem was this line:
[code]
$this->league = $league;
[/code]
It needed to be:
[code]
$this->league = & $league;
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