From:             doctorrock83 at gmail dot com
Operating system: Linux
PHP version:      5.3.0
PHP Bug Type:     Scripting Engine problem
Bug description:  Making reference on string offsets crashes PHP

Description:
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When making a reference on a string offset and changing it, PHP5.3 crashes
with segfault, but PHP 5.2, 5.1 and 5.0 throws errors.

I know that it's a bad PHP programming than thinking PHP is C, the fact is
that this behavior gives PHP errors in 5.2/5.1/5.0 branches, but segfaults
5.3.0 release.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$a = "string";
$b = &$a[1];
$b = "f";
echo $a;

Expected result:
----------------
sfring

But PHP5.2.0 and 5.0.0 tell :
"Fatal error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets nor
overloaded objects in XXX"

PHP 5.1.0 tells:
"Fatal error: fatal flex scanner internal error--end of buffer missed in
XXX"

PHP5.3 segfaults


Actual result:
--------------
segmentation faults

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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49866&edit=1
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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2):            
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=trysnapshot52
Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3):            
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=trysnapshot53
Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0):            
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in SVN:                        
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented: 
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:                    
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:                      
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:               
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=needscript
Try newer version:                   
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:                 
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=support
Expected behavior:                   
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=notwrong
Not enough info:                     
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:                     
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:                    
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=php4
Daylight Savings:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=dst
IIS Stability:                       
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:                     
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:          
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=float
No Zend Extensions:                  
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:           
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49866&r=mysqlcfg

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