Hi!
So, what's the reasoning behind this design decision? Why is it supposed to work like this and not the other way around?
Because when you return something by-value you can not have effects of its modification reflect on the original value. That's how by-value works. When you have by-ref return you can modify it and have the original value change. More here: http://php.net/references
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