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<?php function assign_by_ref(&$ref) { $ref = 42; } $a = []; assign_by_ref($a[]); var_dump($a);
Output for 8.0.1 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
array(1) { [0]=> int(42) }

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