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<?php $array = ''; initArray($array); initArray($array['a']); $array['a']['b'] = 1; function initArray(&$node) { if ($node === '') { $node = array(); } } var_dump($array);
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, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.34, 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 - 8.2.19, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
array(1) { ["a"]=> array(1) { ["b"]=> int(1) } }
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213.85 ms | 406 KiB | 470 Q