Myron Turner wrote:
> Jake McHenry wrote:
...
>>
>>
>>
> I would suggest writing a function in which the parameters are passed in
> as references. In the function itself have set a variables using the
> heredoc syntax, which incorporates the variables, and then return the
> heredoc variable. Coming from Perl, my impulse is to use a reference for
> the return value, but the manual says not to, that PHP is smart enough
> to know how to optimize itself. Perhaps someone can tell us whether the
> same is true for the parameters. The manual is mum on that one.
same is true for the parameters. don't use references unless you need to -
namely when you expect to actually change the passed in value.
>
>
> function set_func(&$var1, &$var2 . . . &var17) {
> $return_var = RETURNVAR
> "this is $var1 and $var2. . . .";
> RETURNVAR ;
>
> return $return_var;
>
> }
>
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> Myron Turner
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>
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