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<?php $a = array( 'foo' => array( 'bar' => 42 ) ); $b = $a; $propertyPath = array('foo', 'bar'); $value = &$b; foreach ($propertyPath as $key) { $value = &$value[$key]; } $value = 1337; print_r($a); print_r($b);
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, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.7 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.10, 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 - 8.3.7
Array ( [foo] => Array ( [bar] => 42 ) ) Array ( [foo] => Array ( [bar] => 1337 ) )
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