[dev] Re: passwd, pass-by-reference?

[Leena Heino]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Eric Rostetter wrote:

> Can someone confirm that similar_text() no longer needs the third
> argument passed by reference?  When I looked up the fsockopen (where I
> earlier got a complaint about needlessly using reference arguemnts) I see
> that docs do indeed say it is no longer needed.  But I see no such
> info for similar_text().  Both my manual and the on-line refernence say
> "pass the percent by reference" or "By passing a reference as third argument"
> or similar.
I checked the manual at www.php.net and you are right. I'm sorry for
bothering you. Once again I should have read the manual first.

I wonder how deprecated is the pass-by-reference and when are they
planning to remove the feature from php?

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  -- Leena Heino (liinu at uta.fi)