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Source: Darren's Outpost - http://ahkuan.com
from entry - http://ahkuan.com/weblog/archive/2005/10/16/php-passing-by-reference.html
this code fragment itself - http://ahkuan.com/weblog/20/code/2.html
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// This won't work in PHP < 5
function foo(&$bar = 'default value here'){ ... };