ID: 44705 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: djneoform at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Windows 2003 Standard PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment:
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php You don't even return anything from the funk() function... so of course $ref == NULL. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-04-11 21:02:45] djneoform at gmail dot com Description: ------------ If you pass a variable by reference in a function, then within the function assign that variable a reference to another variable, the variable's reference gets overwritten and the variable (when the function ends) contains null. Reproduce code: --------------- $GLOBALS['glob_var'] = 10; $var = funk($ref_var); echo 'SHOULD BE 10: '.$var; function funk(&$ref_var) { $ref_var = &$GLOBALS['glob_var']; } Expected result: ---------------- > SHOULD BE 10: 10 Actual result: -------------- > SHOULD BE 10: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44705&edit=1
