Posted by Benjamin on 10/13/06 02:11

You have to pass a reference.
TeejB wrote:
> 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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