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<?php $string = "<derp>"; $words = array(); $words[] = &$string; $derp = array(); $derp[] = &$string; $words[0] = substr($string, 1); $words[0] = substr($string, 0, -1); sort($derp); var_dump($derp);
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 - 5.6.28, 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 - 8.3.6
array(1) { [0]=> &string(4) "derp" }
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221.19 ms | 406 KiB | 353 Q