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What <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28466835/references-and-variables-Explaining-the-terms.html?anchorAnswerId=40168443#a40168443" rel="ugc">n2fc said</a>! &nbsp;Originally PHP was intended to be the &quot;easiest programming language to learn,&quot; but the plain truth is that programming languages are formal and structural, and none of them are really easy to learn <b><i>well</i></b>. &nbsp;Sometimes it's a matter of making numerous teaching examples, and experimenting with them over and over -- making small changes and observing the different behaviors.
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What n2fc said [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28466835/references-and-variables-Explaining-the-terms.html?anchorAnswerId=40168443#a40168443]!  Originally PHP was intended to be the "easiest programming language to learn," but the plain truth is that programming languages are formal and structural, and none of them are really easy to learn well.  Sometimes it's a matter of making numerous teaching examples, and experimenting with them over and over -- making small changes and observing the different behaviors.

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thanks for explaining terms.
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/PHP/A_12310-PHP-Variables-and-References.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/PHP/A_12310-PHP-Variables-and-References.html</a><br />
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Is a great tutorial<br />
which links to a good example<br />
<a href="http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.references.php#101900" rel="ugc">http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.references.php#101900</a><br />
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What are real world explanations for all the terms<br />
references<br />
variables<br />
values<br />
clones
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http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/PHP/A_12310-PHP-Variables-and-References.html

Is a great tutorial
which links to a good example
http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.references.php#101900

What are real world explanations for all the terms
references
variables
values
clones

references and variables.  Explaining the terms

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