Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #2956 Updated: array_walk not working as it did in php 3.0?

At 02:00 AM 12/11/99 +0000, Bug Database wrote: >Actually, it also states in the php3 documentation for array_walk that: > >"func will actually be working with the elements of arr, so any changes made >to those elements will actually be made in the array itself" > >However this is not true in php4 yet... I had to put a & before the $item1 >parameter of test_alter to get the changes back to the array. This is also >not similar to php3 behaviour. Removing the '&' will not return the >changes to the array. >Unfortunately, I realized this immediately after I clicked submit the first >time... In PHP4 you need to explicitly specify & to have it work as a reference. You shouldn't use php3 documentation when working with PHP4. -Andrei