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<?php function bar(string $str){ $str[0] = "b"; var_dump($str); } $str = ""; $str[0] = "b"; var_dump($str); bar(""); $str = "a"; $str[0] = "b"; var_dump($str); $str = "a"; $str[1] = "b"; var_dump($str);
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 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
string(1) "b" string(1) "b" string(1) "b" string(2) "ab"
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.33
array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "b" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "b" } string(1) "b" string(2) "ab"
Output for 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40
array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "b" } Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to bar() must be an instance of string, string given, called in /in/5nKmu on line 12 and defined in /in/5nKmu on line 3
Process exited with code 255.

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