Passing variable by reference to COM object

[darrellblackhawk]

I've created a COM object in Visual FoxPro for use with PHP.

I've verified it functions properly except for one
important issue: it doesn't change variable contents
passed by reference to methods in the COM object.

I've instanced the object in both C++ and VB to insure it
works as designed, and it does; just not when called from
PHP.

BTW/ I'm running PHP 5.0.4 under Windows with IIS5
as the webserver.

Example(s) of the code:

Sample in php

<?php
$myvariable = 1;

$oVfp = new COM("php2vfp.php2vfp");

echo $myvariable."<br>";

$oVfp->PassArray(& $myvariable);

echo $myvariable."<br>";
// $myvariable should be 2 at this point, but it's not!
?>

Sample in VB:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
  Set o = CreateObject("php2vfp.php2vfp")
  Dim i As Integer
  i = 43
  o.PassArray i
  Debug.Print i ' i is 2 at this point!
End Sub

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Darrell