Re: PHP 4 to PHP 5 change - allowing assignment to pass by reference function parameters.

On 1 July 2010 11:31, Peter Cowburn <petercowburn@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >> >> >> -- >> ----- >> Richard Quadling >> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" >> EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html >> EE4Free : >> http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp >> Zend Certified Engineer : >>http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 >> ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > Thank you. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling