From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: RedHat Linux 7.2, BeOS
PHP version: 4.1.2
PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related
Bug description: Can't return reference to class member variable from class method.
References are screwy when returned from object methods. Witness the
following (a script to illustrate the trouble):
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class StringList
{
var $strings = array();
function &AddString( $a_string )
{
$this->strings[] = $a_string;
/* return a reference to newly added item */
return( $this->strings[count($this->strings)-1] );
}
}
$stringvar = "Hello World" ;
$x = new StringList;
$y = &$x->AddString( $stringvar );
/* this should change $x->strings[0], but does not! */
$y = "I love PHP!" ;
/* This should NOT fail, but it does! */
assert( $y == $x->strings[0] );
---------
One could reasonably infer that because $y is a reference to
$x->strings[0], modifying $y would also cause $x->strings[0] to be
modified.
THIS IS NOT THE CASE. After the call to AddString, $y is a COPY of
$x->strings[0], which is NOT modified when we change $y's value.
Also, if I were to call AddString as $x->AddString("Some string"),
$x->strings
is no longer an array and print_r($x->strings) screams *RECURSION*! This
is
weird, because I am passing in the string using copy, and returning a
reference
to the added copy.
If this is the correct behavior, I'll eat my hat.
The configure line specified --without-mysql, --without-pear, and my
prefix.
That's all.
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16033&edit=1
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16033&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16033&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16033&r=needtrace
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16033&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16033&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16033&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16033&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16033&r=submittedtwice
