Posted by TeejB on 10/12/06 21:59

I guess the question is: will PHP optimize this for me so that the
entire contents aren't copied out of the function, or do I have to pass
in a reference?


Benjamin wrote:
> Passing reference is preferred because passing an array back is seen as
> more of a 'hack'
> TeejB wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Quick question: If I have a function which populates a large array (ie.
> > reading rowsets), is it better to pass in a reference to a variable to
> > accept the data, or should I just create, populate and return the array
> > from the function?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!

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