Re: allow_call_time_pass_reference

Steph Fox wrote:

Hi all, Does anyone have a good reason for keeping it switched on by default in PHP 5.3? Like, would switching it off by default break a lot of existing code, given that most users are a bit beyond PHP 3 now?

As a new PHP extension author, it was one the first things I had to make sure was enabled to avoid the warning. The extension has over 150 server API functions exposed and a majority have a C/C++ prototype of: BOOL func(input, output); So our C/C++ to converter make them pass back structures as arrays, for example: boolean wcLookupName(string name, TUserInfo &uinfo); But because of this issue, we are slowing making functions return results as array: TUserInfo wcLookupName(string name); In many cases, it makes sense to have both, but I also think the former allows for easier programming: if (!wcLookup("hector", &$uinfo)) {

      die("error");

} as opposed to: if (($uinfo = wcLookup("hector") === null) {

      die("error");

} Six in one.... May I suggest to make it [Extension] INI ready? I explored this and it seem to work, but not sure if its really the case. It appears that adding it in my PHP.INI [extension_name] section appears to enabled the option only when the extension is loaded. -- Hector