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<?php $lost = array("A","B","C","D"); // $list = $lost; # cow-count2 // $list = &$lost; # refcount2 // $list = $lost; unset($lost); # just like just assigned but assigned and unset original. $list = (array) $lost; foreach ( $list as $var ) { printf("%s (%s)\n", item($list), $var); } function item(&$list) { return current($list); } ?>
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 - 5.2.3, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 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 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.17, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4
A (A) A (B) A (C) A (D)
Output for 5.2.4 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.7 - 5.6.28
B (A) B (B) B (C) B (D)

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