Reference Variables In Python Like Those In PHP

[Chaos]

Is It possible to have reference variables like in PHP

ex.

<?php

$x = 1;
$y =& $x;

$y += 1;

echo $x;
echo "\n"
echo $y;

?>

This would show

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Is this available in python?

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