Code Inspection: Unnecessary pass-by-ref
Reports the variables that are passed by reference to a function/method but are not modified in the function/method body. In such cases, the & in parameter's declaration can be safely removed.
See Passing by Reference (php.net) for details.
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Last modified: 16 July 2021