|  | Posted by noone on 03/18/06 01:12 
frizzle wrote:> Hi there,
 >
 > Recently i noticed a few times an ampersand in front of a variable in a
 > function.
 > Like so:
 >
 >    function foo( &$bar )
 >    {
 >       // do something
 >    };
 >
 > What is it for? I can't figure it out ...
 >
 > Frizzle.
 >
 
 
 from:
 http://www.softwareprojects.org/php-functions-12.htm
 
 Another way to access the data outside the function, without using an
 argument is by using a reference to a variable as an argument. You can
 do this by placing an ampersand “&” in front of the argument, when you
 define the function. This way, the function will directly access the
 variable thru the reference, and the variable can be assigned and read
 at the same time.
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