Is there a concept of pointer arithmetic in PHP and how can it be used effectively?

Pointer arithmetic is not directly supported in PHP like in languages such as C or C++. However, you can achieve similar functionality by using references in PHP. By assigning a reference to a variable, you can modify the original variable directly, effectively achieving a similar result to pointer arithmetic. 

$number = 10;
$pointer =& $number;
$pointer += 5;

echo $number; // Output will be 15

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pointer arithmetic PHP memory manipulation variable manipulation memory address manipulation

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