1--TEST-- 2Passing assignments by reference 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5 6function f(&$a) { 7 var_dump($a); 8 $a = "a.changed"; 9} 10 11echo "\n\n---> Pass constant assignment by reference:\n"; 12try { 13 f($a="a.original"); 14 var_dump($a); 15} catch (Throwable $e) { 16 echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() ."\n"; 17} 18 19echo "\n\n---> Pass variable assignment by reference:\n"; 20try { 21 unset($a); 22 $a = "a.original"; 23 f($b = $a); 24 var_dump($a); 25} catch (Throwable $e) { 26 echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() ."\n"; 27} 28 29echo "\n\n---> Pass reference assignment by reference:\n"; 30try { 31 unset($a, $b); 32 $a = "a.original"; 33 f($b =& $a); 34 var_dump($a); 35} catch (Throwable $e) { 36 echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() ."\n"; 37} 38 39echo "\n\n---> Pass concat assignment by reference:\n"; 40try { 41 unset($a, $b); 42 $b = "b.original"; 43 $a = "a.original"; 44 f($b .= $a); 45 var_dump($a); 46} catch (Throwable $e) { 47 echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() ."\n"; 48} 49 50?> 51--EXPECT-- 52---> Pass constant assignment by reference: 53Exception: f(): Argument #1 ($a) cannot be passed by reference 54 55 56---> Pass variable assignment by reference: 57Exception: f(): Argument #1 ($a) cannot be passed by reference 58 59 60---> Pass reference assignment by reference: 61string(10) "a.original" 62string(9) "a.changed" 63 64 65---> Pass concat assignment by reference: 66Exception: f(): Argument #1 ($a) cannot be passed by reference 67