From: katelyn dot schiesser at gmail dot com
Operating system: Centos 6.2
PHP version: 5.3.15
Package: *General Issues
Bug Type: Bug
Bug description:Passing inline-set variables by reference fails
Description:
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I apologize in advance if this has been reported elsewhere, I searched
without
finding anything.
I have tested this on boxes running versions of PHP 5.3.13, and 5.3.3.
[slowbro@node05 ~]$ php -v
PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Jul 3 2012 16:53:21)
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
The issue is that I can't pass inline-set variables by reference.
For example, this works:
test($var='something');
...but this doesn't:
test(&$var='something');
Perhaps this is the way the engine works or something- but I would think it
would be easy enough to (and make sense to) allow this.
Test script:
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function test(&$var){
$var = 'something else';
}
test(&$newvar='something');
echo $newvar;
Expected result:
----------------
something else
Actual result:
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PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' in php shell
code on
line 1
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Fixed in SVN:
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Fixed in SVN and need be documented:
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Need Reproduce Script:
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Not developer issue:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62664&r=support
Expected behavior:
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Not enough info:
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Submitted twice:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62664&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62664&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62664&r=php4
Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62664&r=dst
IIS Stability:
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Install GNU Sed:
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Floating point limitations:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62664&r=float
No Zend Extensions:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62664&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62664&r=mysqlcfg
