From: bobwei9 at hotmail dot com
Operating system: Mac OS X Mountain Lion
PHP version: master-Git-2012-12-27 (Git)
Package: Scripting Engine problem
Bug Type: Bug
Bug description:Passing by reference: func($a = $b);
Description:
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I don't know if this should be considered as a bug or as expected behaviour
(=> feature request).
When passing an assignment to a function which expects a variable as
reference like sort(), then an E_STRICT message is issued and nothing has
changed.
What I want, is that a code like "sort($a = $b);" is executed in the same
way as "$a = $b; sort($a);".
This could help to reduce the number of little, unnecessary lines.
Test script:
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php -r 'sort($array = [3,1,2]); var_dump($array);'
Expected result:
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array(3) {
[0]=>
int(1)
[1]=>
int(2)
[2]=>
int(3)
}
Actual result:
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Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in Command
line code on line 1
array(3) {
[0]=>
int(3)
[1]=>
int(1)
[2]=>
int(2)
}
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Submitted twice:
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