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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > 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 > > --------------------- > John Asendorf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Applications Developer > http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! > Licking County, Ohio, USA > 740-349-3631 > Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
