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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Manual/Php.html | 11 |
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diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current index 597a0e853..719fbe879 100644 --- a/CHANGES.current +++ b/CHANGES.current @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release. Version 3.0.0 (in progress) ============================ +2013-12-12: vmiklos + [PHP] PHP's peculiar call-time pass-by-reference feature was + deprecated in PHP 5.3 and removed in PHP 5.4, so update the REF + typemaps in phppointers.i to specify pass-by-reference in the + function definition. Examples/php/pointer has been updated + accordingly. + 2013-12-12: olly [PHP] The usage of $input in PHP directorout typemaps has been changed to be consistent with other languages. The typemaps diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Php.html b/Doc/Manual/Php.html index 78ee6ea7f..185883235 100644 --- a/Doc/Manual/Php.html +++ b/Doc/Manual/Php.html @@ -503,13 +503,14 @@ echo "The sum $in1 + $in2 = $result\n"; Because PHP has a native concept of reference, it may seem more natural to the PHP developer to use references to pass pointers. To enable this, one needs to include <b>phppointers.i</b> which defines the -named typemap REFERENCE. +named typemap REF. </p> <p> -However, this relies on call-time pass-by-reference, which has been -deprecated in PHP for some time, and was finally <b>removed in PHP 5.4</b>. -So you should avoid creating new wrappers which rely on this approach. +Prior to SWIG 3.0, the REF typemaps relied on PHP's call-time +pass-by-reference, which was deprecated in PHP 5.3 and removed in PHP 5.4. +So if you use these REF typemaps, you should ensure that SWIG≥3.0 is +used to generate wrappers from your interface file. </p> <div class="code"><pre> @@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ include("example.php"); $in1 = 3; $in2 = 5; $result = 0; -add(&$in1,&$in2,&$result); +add($in1,$in2,$result); echo "The sum $in1 + $in2 = $result\n"; ?> |