note 74628 added to function.mssql-bind

How can we retrieve the value of output parameters since call-time pass by reference has been deprecated? for instance, to get the ID back from an Insert stored procedure call I used to bind the ID parameter like this: mssql_bind($sp, '@id', &$this->_id, SQLINT4, true, false); This is now a deprecated action. PHP effectively turns that call into mssql_bind($sp, '@id', $this->_id, SQLINT4, true, false); Which means I no longer get the output parameter back. I can't change the mssql_bind function to declare the parameter to be passed by reference, so how do get the output parameter back? I am aware of the php.ini setting that will allow call time pass by reference, but I want to conform to php best practices, and feel that is a poor and lazy solution. Does anyone have any ideas? ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 71.153.43.225 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-bind.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74628 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74628/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74628/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74628/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74628/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74628/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74628/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74628 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74628 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php