Means you're passing the variable as reference. This means that any change in the variable inside your function will affect the variable outside your function, in other terms: if you have function myfunc(&$var){ $var = 5; } $a = 6; myfunc($a); will result in having $a=5 after the function all. -- itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com "bob pilly" <bobpilly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:748909.45030.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hi all > > Can anyone tell me what '&' means before a var? > > e.g function(&$var) > > Thanks for any help in advance > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php