Posted by Ben Blay on 12/09/05 16:45

I believe the difference between using =& and = is that the former
passes the value by reference, though I've never been clear about the
benefits of using one over the other when it comes to PEAR:DB (the
PEAR:DB documentation uses =& extensively, so presumably it is the
better method).

Ben



On 12/8/05, Mark Steudel <mark@netriver.net> wrote:
> Good catch:
>
> So I normally do
>
> $results =& $db->query ( "SELECT * FROM table" );
>
> What is the difference between using the & and not using the &.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Blay [mailto:benblay@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 10:27 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] broken code....
>
> > $results->query('select * from eternityrecords.journal');
>
> Should this not be:
> $results = $db->query('select * from eternityrecords.journal');
>
> See:
> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.database.db.db-result.fetchinto.php
>
> Ben
>
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