what is the difference between reference function and normal function in PHP5.3?

Question

hi I am a php developer.

Recently I got an old project using php5 which I have to upgrade to PHP5.3.

In old version of php5 coding they declare functions in two different ways

public function &getMyname(){

}

Some other place they are defining like normal

public function getMyname(){

}

What is the difference between these two declarations.

Is this question answers yours? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3957584/how-does-operator-work-in-php-function — bertzzie, Aug 03 '11 at 11:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '11 at 11:14

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The first method will return by reference.

answered Aug 03 '11 at 11:14

Peter Porfy

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