Returning large arrays from functions

[Anon]

Hi,

I have a function like

function RetLargeArray()
{
// Here I create a five-dimensional array named $result
return $result;
}

I call the function like this

$res = RetLargeArray()

Will this lead to copying of the five-D array created inside the function?

If yes, how do I avoid this? (One way is to pass this array by reference to this function. Are there other ways to do this?)

Thanks,

[Anon]

Use global

r();
var_dump($res);

function r(){
global $res;
$res = Array("one","two");
}

Mark
www.hdwt.com