RE:passing references multiple levels of function calls

ooops, had a typo, sorry ...... Dennis Gearon wrote: > > I want to be able to do this: > > function f_of_A( &$vara ){ > $var +=1; > } > > function f_of_B( &$varb ){ > $var %=3; > } > > function do_both( &$vara, &$varb ){ > f_of_A( $vara ); > f_of_B( $varb ); > } > > $gvara=some_number; > $gvarb=some_other_number; > > do_both( $gvara, $gvarb ); > > and have the original, global variables altered by the 'f_of_X' > functions. > > The above structure and use of the '&' symbol DID NOT WORK, any ideas > why the > reference to the real contents did not get passed down?