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<?php $a = 1; // Your case function b() { $a = 4; return true; } // Passing by reference function c(&$d) { $d = 5; return true; } // Using return function d($d) { $d = 6; return $d; } b(); var_dump($a); c($a); var_dump($a); $a = d($a); var_dump($a);
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.28, 8.4.1 - 8.4.14, 8.5.0
int(1) int(5) int(6)
Output for 8.4.15
/bin/php-8.4.15: /usr/lib/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by /bin/php-8.4.15) /bin/php-8.4.15: /usr/lib/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.35' not found (required by /bin/php-8.4.15) /bin/php-8.4.15: /usr/lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by /bin/php-8.4.15) /bin/php-8.4.15: /usr/lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by /bin/php-8.4.15)
Process exited with code 1.

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