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<?php function &get_instance_ref() { static $obj; echo 'Static object: '; var_dump($obj); if (!isset($obj)) { // Assign a reference to the static variable $obj = &new stdclass; } $obj->property++; return $obj; } function &get_instance_noref() { static $obj; static new stdclass::$property=2; echo 'Static object: '; var_dump($obj); if (!isset($obj)) { // Assign the object to the static variable $obj = new stdclass; } $obj->property++; echo $property; return $obj; } $obj1 = get_instance_ref(); $still_obj1 = get_instance_ref(); echo "\n"; $obj2 = get_instance_noref(); $still_obj2 = get_instance_noref(); ?>