>I'm looking through various documentation on MDB2 > >In some examples the assignment operator looks like it is mixed with a >bitwise or logic operator - IE > >$mdb2 =& MDB2::factory($dsn); > >Other examples though just have > >$mdb2 = MDB2::factory($dsn); > >I'm trying to figure out exactly what =& does, why people would use it, >and when it is appropriate to use, but I haven't found anything and I >think my google skills need some practice as I don't know how to search >for =& in google. > >In the php manual on operators I did fine &= discussed but that's the >flip and it's use makes no sense in the context of setting a database >handle. > >Any tips would be appreciated.
With the =& operator, PHP creates references: http://phpbuilder.com/manual/en/language.references.whatdo.php Greetings from Germany Marc -- Sync and share your files over the web for free http://bithub.net/ My Twitter feed http://twitter.com/MarcSteinert -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
