--TEST-- Covariant return-by-ref constraints --FILE-- foo[$n]; } public function offsetSet($n, $v) { } public function offsetUnset($n) { } public function offsetExists($n) { } } $a = new A; $a['foo']['bar'] = 2; var_dump($a); ?> --EXPECT-- object(A)#1 (1) { ["foo"]=> array(1) { ["foo"]=> array(1) { ["bar"]=> int(2) } } }