Re: PHP 4 to PHP 5 change - allowing assignment to pass by reference function parameters.
| From: | Peter Cowburn | Date: | Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:31:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 4 to PHP 5 change - allowing assignment to pass by reference function parameters. | ||
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On 1 July 2010 11:21, Richard Quadling <rquadling@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Is there any documentation regarding this change?
http://php.net/functions.arguments says "Note:
As of PHP 5, default
values may be passed by reference."
>
> function ca_getUserDetails($pUserid, &$pResults=array()) {}
>
> is fully allowable in PHP 5+, but not in PHP 4.
>
> Depending upon version, the error is ...
>
> Parse error: parse error, expecting ')'
>
> or
>
> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ')'
>
>
> I'm just looking for some notes to pass on.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Richard.
>
>
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