Re: Only variables can be passed by reference - Preg_match Fatal error

From: Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:24:37 +0000
Subject: Re: Only variables can be passed by reference - Preg_match Fatal error
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Adrian wrote: > check your preg_match() call... > > things like "$pattern" and "$msg" are the spawn of satan btw. > there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to put variables in quotation marks > except that php has to parse the string which is slower than php just > seeing the variable. You'd be hard-pressed to measure a difference, I suspect. It *IS* a bad thing stylsticly. > and when a functions expects a reference, "$variable" will cause a > fatal error like it happens in your script. Ouch. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm

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