note 84253 deleted from language.references.pass by danbrown
| From: | danbrown@php.net | Date: | Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:16:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 84253 deleted from language.references.pass by danbrown | ||
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Note Submitter: Anonymous
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function test1(&$par){ //reference used
$foo = strlen($par);
}
function test2($par){
$foo = strlen($par);
}
// create 1MB long string
$s = str_repeat(' ', 1e6);
for($i=0; $i<1000; $i++) test1($s); // takes roughly seconds
for($i=0; $i<1000; $i++) test2($s); // takes roughly 0.1 seconds