Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51179&edit=1
ID: 51179
Updated by: j...@php.net
Reported by: info at fedushin dot ru
Summary: call_user_func() should take parameters by reference
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 5.2.13
New Comment:
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Previous Comments:
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[2010-03-02 02:19:48] info at fedushin dot ru
Description:
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Currently it's impossible to pass variable by reference to user callback
through call_user_func().
There's plenty of complaints about it on the Web.
Such missing possibility would be very useful.
As said in Bug #17309, the situation is not a bug because
call_user_func() takes its parameters by value.
Suggestion is to change call_user_func() signature & make it take 2nd &
following parameters by reference.
Test script:
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<?php
function foo(&$arg) {
$arg++;
}
$var = 0;
call_user_func("foo", $var);
echo $var; // echoes 0 instead of 1.
?>
Expected result:
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1
Actual result:
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0
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