From: martin dot koranda at gmail dot com
Operating system: linux
PHP version: 5.2.5
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: key in an array cannot be a reference in foreach loop
Description:
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in foreach loop, if i try to use keys as a reference, i'll get "Fatal
error: Key element cannot be a reference". my question is why not? can Zend
developers add the possibility of key element reference in the sixth PHP
version??
Reproduce code:
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foreach($arr as &$key => $val)
{
...
}
Expected result:
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change keys inside the foreach loop
Actual result:
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Fatal error: Key element cannot be a reference
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44180&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=trysnapshot52
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=trysnapshot53
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=php4
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44180&r=mysqlcfg
