From: jparneodo at yahoo dot fr
Operating system: Red Hat 9.0
PHP version: 4.3.5RC3
PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
Bug description: function & fct() create entry in array if key does not exist
Description:
------------
Returning by reference in a function or method
modify the array if the key asked does not exist
Reproduce code:
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$a=array('x'=>1,'y'=>2);
function & getZ(){
global $a;
return $a['z'];
}
function & getT(&$a){
return $a['t'];
}
function & get4(&$a){
return $a[4];
}
getZ();
print_r($a);
getT($a);
print_r($a);
get4($a);
print_r($a);
Expected result:
----------------
Array
(
[x] => 1
[y] => 2
)
Array
(
[x] => 1
[y] => 2
)
Array
(
[x] => 1
[y] => 2
)
Actual result:
--------------
Array
(
[x] => 1
[y] => 2
[z] => // NULL
)
Array
(
[x] => 1
[y] => 2
[z] => // NULL
[t] => // NULL
)
Array
(
[x] => 1
[y] => 2
[z] => // NULL
[t] => // NULL
[4] => // NULL
)
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27627&edit=1
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27627&r=float
