note 99546 added to language.references.pass

Passing variable reference to function instead of declaring the function parameter type to reference also could get the result as expected. $string = 'string'; function change($str) { $str = 'str'; } change(&$string); echo $string; yeild str ---- Server IP: 61.195.146.164 Probable Submitter: 126.112.211.154 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.pass.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/99546 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99546/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99546/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99546/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99546/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99546/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99546/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99546 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/99546 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php