I have a PHP function that I have been asked to update as business needs have changed. The original function worked like this.
function myFunction($var1, $var2, $var3) {
CODE GOES HERE
}
For the new version, a fourth optional parameter is required. I know that I can do this like this:
function myFunction($var1, $var2, $var3, $var4 = "") {
CODE GOES HERE
}
I created the new code and it works fine. I've just been informed that when a value is passed in for the last parameter, it needs to be byref. I searched the PHP documentation and questions here but haven't seen anything about the possibility of this. I would assume the code would work like this:
function myFunction($var1, $var2, $var3, &$var4 = "") {
CODE GOES HERE
}
Will this work? Does PHP allow a variable to be passed by ref and also have a default value set for it if nothing is passed in?