--TEST-- Test extract() function (variation 6) --FILE-- 'aaa'); var_dump ( extract($a, EXTR_REFS)); var_dump($foo); $b = $a; $b['foo'] = 'bbb'; var_dump ( extract($a, EXTR_REFS)); var_dump($foo); var_dump($a); echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECTF-- int(1) string(3) "aaa" int(1) string(3) "bbb" array(1) { ["foo"]=> &string(3) "bbb" } Done