Is there a PHP function for swapping the values of two variables?

Question

Say for instance I have ...

$var1 = \"ABC\"
$var2 = 123

and under certain conditions I want to sw

Answer 1

This one is faster and needs lesser memory.

function swap(&$a, &$b) {
    $a = $a ^ $b;
    $b = $a ^ $b;
    $a = $a ^ $b;
}

$a = "One - 1";
$b = "Two - 2";

echo $a . $b; // One - 1Two - 2

swap($a, $b);

echo $a . $b; // Two - 2One - 1

Working example: http://codepad.viper-7.com/ytAIR4