--TEST-- Test key() function : usage variations --FILE-- <?php /* * Test how the internal pointer is affected when two variables are referenced to each other */ echo "*** Testing key() : usage variations ***\n"; $array1 = array ('zero', 'one', 'two'); echo "\n-- Initial position of internal pointer --\n"; var_dump(key($array1)); // Test that when two variables are referenced to one another // the internal pointer is the same for both $array2 = &$array1; next($array1); echo "\n-- Position after calling next() --\n"; echo "\$array1: "; var_dump(key($array1)); echo "\$array2: "; var_dump(key($array2)); ?> --EXPECT-- *** Testing key() : usage variations *** -- Initial position of internal pointer -- int(0) -- Position after calling next() -- $array1: int(1) $array2: int(1)