From:             feralcab at gmail dot com
Operating system: FreeBSD 5.4
PHP version:      5.0.5
PHP Bug Type:     Arrays related
Bug description:  Problem maintaining membeprivacy while returning private 
member array variable.

Description:
------------
When an object contains an array of other objects 
as a private member variable, if the array is 
returned through a member method, instead of a 
copy a reference to the private array is returned. 
Through this reference the member variable can be
modified outside of the object's scope. Thus, violating the private member
variable state.

Reproduce code:
---------------
class Atom {
  private $x = 0;  
  public function __construct($x) {$this->x = $x;}
  public function setX($x)        {$this->x = $x;} 
}
class Element {
  private $atoms = array();  
  public function __construct($NMAX) {
    for ($i=0; $i<$NMAX; ++$i) 
      $this->atoms[] = new Atom($i);
  }
  public function setAtoms($atoms) {$this->atoms = $atoms;}
  public function getAtoms()       {return $this->atoms;} 
}
$element = new Element(3); 
$v = $element->getAtoms(); print_r($v); 
$v[0]->setX(79);           print_r($v);
$w = $element->getAtoms(); print_r($w);

Expected result:
----------------
Array
(
    [0] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 0
        )

    [1] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 1
        )

    [2] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 2
        )

)
Array
(
    [0] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 79
        )

    [1] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 1
        )

    [2] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 2
        )

)
Array
(
    [0] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 0
        )

    [1] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 1
        )

    [2] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 2
        )

)


Actual result:
--------------
Array
(
    [0] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 0
        )

    [1] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 1
        )

    [2] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 2
        )

)
Array
(
    [0] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 79
        )

    [1] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 1
        )

    [2] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 2
        )

)
Array
(
    [0] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 79
        )

    [1] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 1
        )

    [2] => Atom Object
        (
            [x:private] => 2
        )

)

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Need Reproduce Script:       http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=needscript
Try newer version:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:         http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=support
Expected behavior:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=notwrong
Not enough info:             
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:             
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued:  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=php3
Daylight Savings:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=dst
IIS Stability:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=float
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MySQL Configuration Error:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34931&r=mysqlcfg

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