note 114541 added to language.references.return

I learned a painful lesson working with a class method that would pass by reference. In short, if you have a method in a class that is initialed with ampersand during declaration, do not use another ampersand when using the method as in &$this->method(); For example <?php class A { public function &hello(){ static $a=''; return $a; } public function bello(){ $b=&$this->hello(); // incorrect. Do not use ampersand. $b=$this->hello(); // $b is a reference to the static variable. } ?> ---- Server IP: 192.41.45.150 Probable Submitter: 24.185.59.103 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/language.references.return.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114541 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114541/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114541/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114541/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114541/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114541/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114541/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114541 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114541 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php