* Thus wrote Ford, Mike [LSS] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > -----Original Message-----
rints 0, not 1
> >
> > function setglobal(&$one)
> > {
> > global $globalvariable;
>
> PHP actually handles this by executing the equivalent of:
>
> $globalvariable = &$GLOBALS['globalvariable'];
>
> -- that is, it creates a $globalvariable *which is local to the function*
> and makes it be a reference to the global-scope variable of the same name.
>
> > $globalvariable =& $one;
Thus getting around the referenced global var, you can access
the global directly:
$GLOBALS['globalvariable'] = &$one;
Tested:
http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/php/tests/misc/global_reference.php
Curt
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