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<?php $array = ['cat', 'dog', 'horse']; $a =& $array[2]; var_dump($array); $a = $array[0]; echo "$a\n"; echo $array[2]; $a = $array[1]; echo "$a\n"; $a = $array[2]; echo "$a\n";
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.6 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4, 8.3.6
array(3) { [0]=> string(3) "cat" [1]=> string(3) "dog" [2]=> &string(5) "horse" } cat catdog dog
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0 array(3) { [0]=> string(3) "cat" [1]=> string(3) "dog" [2]=> &string(5) "horse" } cat catdog dog

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