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add_stars

Language/Type: PHP arrays

Write a function named add_stars that accepts as a parameter an array of strings, and modifies the array by placing a "*" element between elements, as well as at the start and end of the array.

For example, if the array $arr contains ["the", "quick", "brown", "fox"], the call of add_stars($arr) should modify it to store ["*", "the", "*", "quick", "*", "brown", "*", "fox", "*"].

If the array passed is empty, you should add a single "*" to the array, resulting in ["*"].

A note about references in PHP: In order to write a function passes a parameter as reference (thus modifying its state), you'll need to prepend "&" to the variable declaration in the function header. For example, a function foo that modifies the state of an array parameter may be defined as:

function foo(&$arr) { ... }
Function: Write a PHP function as described, not a complete program.

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