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Passing arrays by reference

 
<?
    function load_member_data($ID, &$member) {
            $member["Name"] = "Bob";
            return true;
    }

    $ID = 1;

    $result = load_member_data($ID, $member);

    if ($result) {
            print "Member {$member["Name"]} loaded successfully.\n";
    } else {
            print "Failed to load member #$ID.\n";
    }
?>








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