Why PHP uses references

Why does PHP use quotes

What is a quote?

Quoting in PHP means accessing the same variable content with different names. This is not like a C pointer; instead, the reference is a symbol table alias. Note that in PHP, variable names and variable contents are different, so the same content can have different names. The closest analogy is Unix's filenames and the files themselves - the variable names are the directory entries, and the variable contents are the files themselves. References can be thought of as hardlinks in Unix file systems.

1. Variable reference

<?
    a="ABC";a="ABC";b =&a;echoa;echoa;//这里输出:ABC
    echo b;//这里输出:ABCb;//这里输出:ABCb="EFG";
    echo a;//这里a;//这里a的值变为EFG 所以输出EFG
    echo $b;//这里输出EFG
?>

2. Function reference transfer

<?php
    function test(&a)$a=$a+100;a)$a=$a+100;b=1;
    echo b;//输出１test(b;//输出１test(b);   //这里b传递给函数的其实是b传递给函数的其实是b的变量内容所处的内存地址，通过在函数里改变a的值　就可以改变a的值　就可以改变b的值了
    echo "<br>";
    echo $b;//输出101
?>

3. Function Reference return

<?php
function &test()
{
    static b=0;//申明一个静态变量b=0;//申明一个静态变量b=b+1;echob+1;echob;
    return b; }b; }a=test();//这条语句会输出　b的值　为１b的值　为１a=5;
a=test();//这条语句会输出a=test();//这条语句会输出b的值　为2

a=&test();//这条语句会输出a=&test();//这条语句会输出b的值　为3
a=5;a=5;a=test();//这条语句会输出　$b的值　为6
?>

4. Object reference

<?php
    class a{
        var abc="ABC";     }abc="ABC";     }b=new a;
    c=c=b;
    echo b−>abc;//这里输出ABCechob−>abc;//这里输出ABCechoc->abc;//这里输出ABC
    b−>abc="DEF";echob−>abc="DEF";echoc->abc;//这里输出DEF
?>

5. Reference function

If the program compares If there are many variables that refer to the same object, and you want to clear it manually after using the object, it is recommended to use the "&" method, and then use $var=null to clear it. In other cases, use the default method of php5. In addition, php5 For the transfer of large arrays, it is recommended to use the "&" method, which can save memory space.

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