Invalid issue arises when closure returns reference.

[tanzanite777]

Type: Bug

Code to illustrate:

$arr = [];
$ref =& $arr;

$fnBug = function&() use(&$ref) : array { return $ref; };

$tmp =& $fnBug(); // invalid issue: Only variables should be assigned by reference - PHP0445

$tmp[] = 1;
echo var_export($arr, true);

Extension version: 1.57.17031
VS Code version: Code 1.99.0 (4437686ffebaf200fa4a6e6e67f735f3edf24ada, 2025-04-02T21:35:19.530Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 x 3600)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.88GB (2.44GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id adf79977-8c83-4303-918e-a7dfc5f31bf1
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[jakubmisek]

Thanks! fixes and preparing pre-release