rendered paste body<?php$ao = new ArrayObject();$swapIn = array();$cowRef = $swapIn; // create a copy-on-write ref to $swapIn$ao->exchangeArray($swapIn);$ao['a'] = 'This affects $swapIn and $cowRef';$swapIn['b'] = 'This forces $swapIn to split from its copy-on-write references';$ao['c'] = 'This no longer affects $swapIn, but still affects $cowRef';echo "\n--> swapIn: ";var_dump($swapIn);echo "\n--> cowRef: ";var_dump($cowRef);echo "\n--> ao: ";var_dump($ao);//Actual output on PHP 5.3.0-dev (cli) (built: Jul 28 2008 00:21:59) :////--> swapIn: array(2) {// ["a"]=>// string(32) "This affects $swapIn and $cowRef"// ["b"]=>// string(62) "This forces $swapIn to split from its copy-on-write references"//}////--> cowRef: array(2) {// ["a"]=>// string(32) "This affects $swapIn and $cowRef"// ["c"]=>// string(57) "This no longer affects $swapIn, but still affects $cowRef"//}////--> ao: object(ArrayObject)#1 (1) {// ["storage":"ArrayObject":private]=>// array(2) {// ["a"]=>// string(32) "This affects $swapIn and $cowRef"// ["c"]=>// string(57) "This no longer affects $swapIn, but still affects $cowRef"// }//}?>