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<?php $a = 0; function passByReference(&$a) { $a = 5; //return $a++; } function passByValue($a) { return --$a; } echo $a."\n"; $b = passByValue($a); echo "b = $b \n"; echo $a."\n"; passByReference($a); echo $a."\n";
Output for 5.6.0 - 5.6.27, 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
0 b = -1 0 5
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 0 b = -1 0 5
preferences:
171.06 ms | 402 KiB | 187 Q