On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:11:11 -0800 (PST), Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Any newbie could RTFM and not "get" that when you see: > bool arsort ( array &array [, int sort_flags] ) > > the "bool" up front tells you that the function returns a boolean > (true/false) value. > > That should in the future be an important fact to note. > > Another thing to watch for is the & in the docs. > > That generally means that the function is going to *CHANGE* the value you > pass in, in some way, and you can't rely on it being the same as what you > handed off to the function. > > In the case of arsort, that's exactly what you want, of course. > > In other cases, it might mean that you need to only give the function a > *COPY* of the data, so you can keep your copy safe and un-altered. > > These are all consistent usage throughout the manual, so you might as well > get used to them. > > More info about this is buried here: > http://us4.php.net/manual/en/about.prototypes.php > > in Appendix Q, way the hell at the end of the manual... > Thank you very much for this info! I RTFM and STFA while I SMFB (anyone care to guess what that is?) often, but have never gone through Appendix Q. I very much appreciate that bit of insight, I am sure that will save me a post sometime or later. Maybe someone (me?) should consider writing a newbie-guide to TFM, with tips such as this. Any one else has a tip that I should include? Dotan Cohen http://English-Lyrics.com http://Song-Lyriks.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
