Re: Passing by reference deprecated?

FYI Unless you need to modify and return modified contents of variables, pass by reference makes script execution a little slower under PHP4. -- Yasuo Ohgaki ""Neil Kimber"" <neil.kimber@flytxt.com> wrote in message news:OAEEKIKEIHKOPGHNDHJJIEJACOAA.neil.kimber@flytxt.com... > Pass by reference itself is not deprecated, just call-time > pass-by-reference. > I believe this means your calling line of code being prevented from > specifying that it should be invoked as pass-by-reference. > > So, > > > function NormalPassByRefence(&$prmValue) > { > $prmValue ++; > } > > $numValue=1; > NormalPassByRefence($numValue); // This will still work > // $numValue =2 at this point > > > function CallTimePassByRefence($prmValue) > { > $prmValue ++; > } > > $numValue=1; > CallTimePassByRefence(&$numValue); // This will no longer work - it's been > deprecated > // $numValue =1 at this point > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CC Zona [mailto:cczona@nospam.invalid] > Sent: 30 March 2001 04:40 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Passing by reference deprecated? > > > set_value(&$variable,$value) > { > $variable=value; > } > > "Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed > by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration > of [runtime function name](). If you would like to enable call-time > pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in > your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. " > > When did passing by reference get deprecated? The documentation at > <http://php.net/manual/en/language.references.pass.php> > doesn't suggest > what to do instead--in fact, it uses an example like the syntax above. So > my next question is: would using a return value or declaring a global be > the (only) other options? > > TIA > > -- > CC > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >