From: voland at cms dot ru Operating system: Windows PHP version: 4.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: returning reference to passed by reference varibale of class corrupts it.
ex: <?php function &foo(&$v) { return $v; } class Cl { var $a=5; } $x=&new Cl(); print_r($x); $x=&foo($x); print_r($x); ?> outputs: cl Object ( [a] => 5 ) cl Object ( ) but if we change $x=&foo($x); print_r($x); to $y=&foo($x); print_r($y); everything works fine; -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22872&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22872&r=gnused