note 74628 rejected from function.mssql-bind by tularis

Note Submitter: matthew dot vines at gmail dot com ---- 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?