RE: [PHP-WIN] Moron question: What is the & in a class meant to do?
| From: | HKG) | Date: | Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:13:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-WIN] Moron question: What is the & in a class meant to do? | ||
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Looks like "stolen" syntax from C/C++: E.g. it is a reference to the variable,
a.k.a. as pointer.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Asendorf, John [mailto:JAsendorf@lcounty.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 3:06 PM
> To: Php-Windows (E-mail)
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] Moron question: What is the & in a class meant to do?
>
>
> I'm a bit confused. I keep stealing code and using it for my own devious
> purposes and parts of it I don't understand. What is the "&" in a piece of
> code that looks like this meant to do? I looked all through the Class stuff
> in the docs but can't seem to find the reason for it.
>
> $foo = &$bar->some_function();
>
> Thanks in advance, John
>
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