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<?php function foo() { $items = func_get_args(); $value = array_pop($items); $array = []; $arrayPtr = &$array; foreach ($items as $element) { $arrayPtr[$element] = null; $arrayPtr = &$arrayPtr[$element]; } $arrayPtr[$element] = $value; return $array; } var_dump(foo('arg1', 'argx', 'argz', 'value'));
Output for 5.4.2 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.7 - 5.6.21, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 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 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.19, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
array(1) { ["arg1"]=> array(1) { ["argx"]=> array(1) { ["argz"]=> array(1) { ["argz"]=> string(5) "value" } } } }

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