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Doc Bug #49083 3 things you can do with references
Submitted: 2009-07-28 02:13 UTC Modified: 2009-09-16 06:44 UTC
From: allyourcode at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-07-28 02:13 UTC] allyourcode at gmail dot com 
Description:
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http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.references.whatdo.php

Near the bottom of this page (but before the notes), it says "The second thing references do". It later mentions a third thing that references do. Not remembering anything being mentioned as the first thing that references can do, I got a little confused. It took a bit of scrolling around and re-reading, but I eventually figured out the first thing was "PHP references allow you to make two variables to refer to the same content."

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From manual page: language.references.whatdo
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 [2009-09-16 06:44 UTC] svn@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of torben
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=288363
Log: Noted what the first thing is that references can do.
Addresses bug #49083.

Note that most of this page is redundant and should be folded into the
pages linked to; there are already places in the manual for this
information; they should be used.
 [2009-09-16 06:44 UTC] torben@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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