--TEST-- Testing array dereferencing on return of a method with and without reference --FILE-- a()[0] = 2; var_dump($foo::$x); $foo->b()[] = new stdClass; $h = $foo->b(); var_dump($h); $h[0] = 3; var_dump($h); ?> --EXPECT-- array(3) { [0]=> int(2) [1]=> int(2) [2]=> int(3) } array(2) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(2) } array(2) { [0]=> int(3) [1]=> int(2) }