note 87076 added to language.references.return

"Do not use return-by-reference to increase performance" This is not accurate. If you want PHP to return a string that was passed-by-reference without making a copy of it then you must also return-by-reference to increase performance. Robert Chapin Chapin Information Services ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 76.251.216.86 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.return.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/87076 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87076/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87076/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87076/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87076/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87076/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87076/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87076 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/87076 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php