From: zhundiak at comcast dot net
Operating system: NA - linux/windows
PHP version: 5.0.0b2 (beta2)
PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem
Bug description: Cannot directly return references
Description:
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A function cannot directly return a reference produced by another function
without first assigning it to a tmp variable.
This is a specialization of bug 24687.
Reproduce code:
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function &getSomeReference()
{
return getSomeOtherReference(); // Fails
}
function &getSomeReference()
{
$tmp =& getSomeOtherReference(); // Works
return $tmp;
}
Expected result:
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It should work.
Actual result:
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Fatal error: Only variables or references can be returned by reference
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26439&edit=1
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26439&r=float
