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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Pass by reference (5.1.1 vs 5.1.2)
From: johannes@php.net (Johannes Schlueter)

Hi,

On Monday 24 July 2006 17:52, Rishad Omar wrote:
>     getArray($p = array());

Here you are relying on undefined behavior. It is not defined wether $p = 
array() or the function call getarray($p) should be executed first so the 
order might always change.

You should always use the two lines
     $p = array();
     getArray($p);
to be safe.

johannes