From: Operating system: Arch Linux PHP version: 5.4.3 Package: Performance problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Foreach creates a copy of the array passed by value in function
Description: ------------ I also tried to execute this code on PHP 5.3.13 and PHP 5.2.17 with same result. All options are default. Test script: --------------- http://pastebin.com/caczCxuD Expected result: ---------------- Start: 786432 Inner by_reference: 786432 Inner foreach: 786432 After by_reference: 786432 Inner by_value: 786432 Inner foreach: 786432 After by_value: 786432 Actual result: -------------- Start: 786432 Inner by_reference: 786432 Inner foreach: 786432 After by_reference: 786432 Inner by_value: 786432 Inner foreach: 1310720 After by_value: 104857 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62110&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62110&r=mysqlcfg