PHP Quick Scripting Reference

CHAPTER 27

References

A reference is an alias which allows two different variables to write to the same value. There are three operations that can be performed with references: assign by reference, pass by reference and return by reference.

Assign by reference

A reference is assigned by placing an ampersand (&) before the variable that is to be bound.

$x = 5;$r = &$x; // r is a reference to x$s =& $x; // alternative syntax

The reference then becomes an alias for that variable and can be used exactly as if it was the original variable.

$r = 10; // assign value to $r/$xecho $x; // "10"

Pass by reference

In PHP, function arguments are by default ...