Nathan Nobbe wrote: > good point dan, and just to add further clarification, thats b/c the > function specifies $return_var is passed by reference in the formal > parameter. when you include the & along w/ an actual parameter (during > function invocation) thats referred to as call-time-pass-by-reference in > php, and its typically frowned upon. in fact, i think its being removed > from a future version of php. > > -nathan > > You don't call system using the ampersand. The reference is declared in the function definition. There's no reason for this to be frowned upon. What you are referring to is the old PHP4 style of explicit pass-by-reference in function usage which is frowned upon. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
