1--TEST-- 2Bug #72369 (array_merge() produces references in PHP7) 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5$x = 'xxx'; 6$d = ['test' => &$x]; 7unset($x); 8$a = ['test' => 'yyy']; 9$a = array_merge($a, $d); 10debug_zval_dump($a); 11?> 12--EXPECTF-- 13array(1) refcount(%d){ 14 ["test"]=> 15 string(3) "xxx" refcount(%d) 16} 17