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If an object is passed to a func by ref ie 'fun(&$instance)' , is only the pointer to the instance passed as in C++, thus saving large data transfers?

Jul 16th, 2001 11:49
Rich Cavanaugh, Kris Green,

You may want to look at http://php.net/manual/en/language.references.php
Basically, no it doesn't copy the object. The PHP manual says it's not 
like a C pointer but the end result is similar.