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What References are not: References. References are opaque things that are like pointers, except A) smarter and B) referring to HLL objects, rather than memory addresses. PHP doesn't have references. PHP has a syntax for creating *aliases* which are multiple names for the same object. PHP has a few pieces of syntax for calling and returning "by reference", which really just means inhibiting copying. At no point in this "references" section of the manual are there any references. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 75.144.110.148 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.arent.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/85533 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85533/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85533/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85533/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85533/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85533/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85533/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85533 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/85533 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php