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Posted by Chung Leong on 11/02/08 11:51
Mladen Gogala wrote:
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> Andy replied below so I will not repeat his answer but will only add
> that you can explicitly declare arguments to be accessed by reference, as in
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> function myfunct(&$foobar)
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> Also, global variables can be used to minimize stack manipulation.
It's worth noting that references tend to cause more data copying. When
a referenced variable is passed by value, copy-on-write occurs. When a
"copy" of a value is passed by value, it does not unless the function
called modifies its parameters.
Global variables used within functions are referenced in PHP 4, so the
same rules apply.
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