diff --git a/ext/standard/php_var.h b/ext/standard/php_var.h
index 8f1b2d8bc4f33..36c5e156b92b6 100644
--- a/ext/standard/php_var.h
+++ b/ext/standard/php_var.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(serialize);
 PHP_FUNCTION(unserialize);
 PHP_FUNCTION(memory_get_usage);
 PHP_FUNCTION(memory_get_peak_usage);
+PHP_FUNCTION(swap);
 
 PHPAPI void php_var_dump(zval *struc, int level);
 PHPAPI void php_var_export(zval *struc, int level);
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/swap_01.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/swap_01.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1eeaf8ab18a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/swap_01.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--TEST--
+swap function test
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$value1 = 2;
+$value2 = 'abc';
+
+var_dump(swap($value1, $value2));
+var_dump($value1);
+var_dump($value2);
+
+class obj1 {
+  public $value = 2;
+}
+
+class obj2 {
+  public $value = 'abc';
+}
+
+$value1 = new obj1;
+$value2 = new obj2;
+
+var_dump(swap($value1, $value2));
+var_dump($value1->value);
+var_dump($value2->value);
+
+var_dump(swap());
+var_dump(swap($value1, $value2, $value2));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+bool(true)
+string(3) "abc"
+int(2)
+bool(true)
+string(3) "abc"
+int(2)
+bool(false)
+bool(false)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/standard/var.c b/ext/standard/var.c
index 72b2dd5ed5dfd..ad17ec7577e2e 100644
--- a/ext/standard/var.c
+++ b/ext/standard/var.c
@@ -1121,6 +1121,27 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(memory_get_peak_usage) {
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+/* {{{ proto bool swipe(mixed var1, mixed var2)
+   Swaps the value of var1 and var2. */
+PHP_FUNCTION(swap)
+{
+	zval temp, *val1, *val2;
+
+	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "zz", &val1, &val2) == FAILURE) {
+		RETURN_FALSE;
+	}
+	
+	ALLOC_INIT_ZVAL(temp);
+	
+	ZVAL_COPY_VALUE(temp, val1);
+	ZVAL_COPY_VALUE(val1, val2);
+	ZVAL_COPY_VALUE(val2, temp);
+	
+	RETURN_TRUE;
+	
+}
+/* }}} */
+
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