From: kevin at netflex dot nl
Operating system: Windows/Netware and maybe more
PHP version: 4.3.3
PHP Bug Type: Reproducible crash
Bug description: pass by ref. to own function result in crash
Description:
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if you create an function that calls himself with an pass by ref. variable
then as a result PHP crashes.
tested with:
* PHP 5.0.0b2-dev (snapshot: php5-win32-200309251030.zip) on Windows
(Apache2 2.0.47 and Windows 2003)
* PHP 4.3.3 on Windows (Apache2 2.0.47 and Windows 2003)
* PHP 4.2.3 on Netware (Apache2 2.0.47 and Netware 6.5)
In the web browser appears the page: "can't find server"
and in the log files there is no information about the error/crash
Reproduce code:
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crash($test = 0);
function crash(&$test) {
if ($test < 10)
crash($test);
$test++;
}
Expected result:
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the variable test with an value of (int)10
Actual result:
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with PHP4 on Windows only php crashes and with PHP5 on Windows and PHP4 on
Netware both php and apache2 crashes.
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25713&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=trysnapshot4
Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=trysnapshot5
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=needtrace
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25713&r=float
