Use of Ampersand in php
| From: | Nirmalya Lahiri | Date: | Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:04:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Use of Ampersand in php | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hi everybody,
Can any one tell me, what is the use of ampersand '&' in php? Is it
a pointer operator like 'C' language? Kindly note the example....
<?php
$a=1;
$b=& $a;
$c=$a;
echo $b,$c;
?>
After running this example I got result 1 for both variable $b and
$c. Why so?
--Nirmalya
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