Ouupppss!! You're right !!! ----- Original Message ----- From: J Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] What does &var mean ?
> Bas Jobsen wrote: > > >> What does the "&" (ampersand) before the variable name mean ? > > > > a pointer to the address (mem) of the variable > > PHP doesn't have pointers and memory can't be directly accessed this way > like you can in C, or C++ or whatever. The ampersand is for passing values > via reference rather than value. PHP has no notion of pointers. > > J > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]