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@ 2014-02-18T13:31:00Z

<?php

$a = array();
$b = array();

$a['b'] = 'something';
$a['common'] = 123;

$a['a1'] = array(
	'common' => &$a['common'],
	'elt1' => 11,
    'elt2' => 12
);

$a['a2'] = array(
	'common' => &$a['common'],
	'elt1' => 21,
    'elt2' => 22
);

$as = serialize($a);
unset($a);

$a2 = unserialize($as);

var_dump($a2['common']);
var_dump($a2['a1']['common']);
var_dump($a2['a2']['common']);

var_dump($as);

Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.12 - 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 - 8.3.6: int(123) int(123) int(123) string(177) "a:4:{s:1:"b";s:9:"something";s:6:"common";i:123;s:2:"a1";a:3:{s:6:"common";R:3;s:4:"elt1";i:11;s:4:"elt2";i:12;}s:2:"a2";a:3:{s:6:"common";R:3;s:4:"elt1";i:21;s:4:"elt2";i:22;}}"

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