Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64245&edit=1
ID: 64245 User updated by: fool at example dot com Reported by: fool at example dot com Summary: concatenating reference & string is confusing -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: Variables related Operating System: archlinux PHP Version: 5.4.11 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Assign By Reference Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-19 17:00:56] fool at example dot com Description: ------------ $ php -a Interactive shell php > $a = 'ab'; php > $b = 'cc'.&$a; PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '&' in php shell code on line 1 Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '&' in php shell code on line 1 php > $b = &$a.'cc'; // no error php > echo $b; // and 'cc' is ignored abphp > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64245&edit=1
