Dami — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:21:11 +0000

Thanks, guys, for the information. Sorry to take so long to acknowledge your comments. 99% of what you said was so over my head. I'll back up and bit and start with smaller steps.

Mark Hensler — Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:34:19 +0000

Howard, isn't the amp on the wrong side?

ROB — Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:30:19 +0000

i now see that it's =& not &=, doh on me.

$MainContents =& ob_get_contents();

assigns a reference to ob_get_contents in $MainContents

ROB — Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:18:58 +0000

'&' is the bitwise AND operator, bits in both operands are set. any operator trailing a '=' such as +=, *=, %= etc will the left value the result of the operation between left and right value. for instance $a=5; $a*=10; // result is $a = 500.

Dami — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 13:48:13 +0000

Well, I can see that's way beyond my meager abilities. Thanks for the link, Mark. I'd searched there, but obviously not in the right area.

Mark Hensler — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 07:03:57 +0000

Welcome to TWF, Dami.

That's a reference. I've not used them, so all I can do is point you to the PHP Docs:
Chapter 14. References Explained