--TEST-- Accessing members of standard object through of variable variable --FILE-- <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $test = 'stdclass'; $$test->a =& $$test; $$test->a->b[] = 2; var_dump($$test); ?> --EXPECTF-- object(stdClass)#%d (2) { ["a"]=> *RECURSION* ["b"]=> array(1) { [0]=> int(2) } }