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<?php // Adapted from last example on http://nikic.github.io/2015/05/05/Internal-value-representation-in-PHP-7-part-1 $a = array(); // $a -> zend_array_1(refcount=1, value=[]) $b = $a; // $a, $b, -> zend_array_1(refcount=2, value=[]) $c = $b; // $a, $b, $c -> zend_array_1(refcount=3, value=[]) $x = $c; // $a, $b, $c, $x -> zend_array_1(refcount=4, value=[]) $d =& $c; $y =& $d; // $a, $b, $x -> zend_array_1(refcount=4, value=[]) // $c, $d, $y -> zend_reference_1(refcount=3) ---^ echo "Before\n"; debug_zval_dump($a); debug_zval_dump($b); debug_zval_dump($c); debug_zval_dump($d); $d[] = 1; // $a, $b, $x -> zend_array_1(refcount=3, value=[]) // $c, $d, $y -> zend_reference_1(refcount=3) -> zend_array_2(refcount=1, value=[1]) echo "After\n"; debug_zval_dump($a); debug_zval_dump($b); debug_zval_dump($c); debug_zval_dump($d);