xdebug/blog/vendor/nikic/php-parser/test/code/parser/expr/assignNewByRef.test

Assigning new by reference (PHP 5 only)
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<?php
$a =& new B;
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!!php5
array(
    0: Expr_AssignRef(
        var: Expr_Variable(
            name: a
        )
        expr: Expr_New(
            class: Name(
                parts: array(
                    0: B
                )
            )
            args: array(
            )
        )
    )
)
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<?php
$a =& new B;
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!!php7
Syntax error, unexpected T_NEW from 2:7 to 2:9
array(
    0: Expr_New(
        class: Name(
            parts: array(
                0: B
            )
        )
        args: array(
        )
    )
)