--TEST-- Test array_unique() function : usage variations - array with reference variables --FILE-- 0, 1 => &$value4, 2 => &$value2, 3 => "hello", 4 => &$value3, 5 => $value4 ); var_dump( array_unique($input, SORT_STRING) ); echo "Done"; ?> --EXPECTF-- *** Testing array_unique() : array with reference variables for $input argument *** array(2) { [0]=> int(0) [1]=> &%unicode|string%(5) "hello" } Done