Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7113: count and pointers
| From: | chrisv at b0rked dot dhs dot org | Date: | Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:34:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7113: count and pointers | ||
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> At 14:05 12-10-00 +0200, Dhr. CaPS Cappert wrote:
> >Now why would you do
> > $blah = count(&$data)
> >the '&' doesn't make sense here. The code above still
> >wouldn't make it make sense. count() doesn't modify, NO SENSE
> >in using it there.
>
> Not about modify but about speed
> Giving count a pointer to a large var should be faster then giving count
> the large value of the var
>
> Wico
PHP has no notion of a pointer, therefore it's not worth using &$data
here.
http://www.php.net/manual/language.references.php
Chris