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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/3.html
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<?
// function declaration
function foo($bar = 'default value here') { ... };
// function calling
foo(); // valid call
foo(&$var); // this, however is consider deprecated in PHP >= 5
?>