php array assign by copying value or by reference?

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are arrays in php passed by value or by reference?

I heard that PHP can select how to assign arrays, depends on array size. It can assign by copying value (as any scalar type) or by reference.

PHP always assign array to variables by copying a value, as it says in manual.

Or it can assign by reference. ?

<?php $a = array(1,2,3); ?>