> ... and, in fact, that /is/ how C behaves. The following code:
> 
> int a = 2;
> a = a++;
> printf("a = [%d]\n", a);
> 
> Will output "a = [3]". At least on Ubuntu 9 using gcc 4.3.3.
> 
> So I retract my initial terse reply and apologize for misunderstanding
> your question.
> 
> Ben

It's not that difficult to understand ... we are talking about a scripting 
language as PHP is

The code you wrote for C is not the equivalent while this is:

int a = 2, b;
b = a++;
 printf("b = [%d]\n", b);

and b will be exactly 2.

In PHP you are not referencing that variable, you are overwriting variable $a 
with an integer, 2, and that's it.
The incremented integer, 3, is simply lost in the silly logic of the operation. 
The equivalent of your C code, in PHP, would be just this:

$a = 2;
$a++;
print $a; // of course is 3, the initial $a is not lost

or, to be more explicit ...

$a = 2;
($a = &$a) and $a++;

print $a;

Regards






                                          
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