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Add CHANGES.current entry and minimal doc update for previous change

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Olly Betts 2013-12-12 16:06:00 +13:00
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@ -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

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@ -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&ge;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;
$result = 0;
add(&amp;$in1,&amp;$in2,&amp;$result);
add($in1,$in2,$result);
echo "The sum $in1 + $in2 = $result\n";
?&gt;