From: jadelucca at comcast dot net
Operating system: Windows XP
PHP version: 5.1.2
PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
Bug description: Problems defining vars in arguments
Description:
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You cannot define a variable in arguments in 5.1.2, but you could in
previous versions.
Reproduce code:
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AN EXAMPLE would be:
<?php
function prefix(&$text) {
$text = "Prefix " . $text;
}
prefix($text = "Add prefix to this here, which would do that in older
versions but not this one.");
?>
Expected result:
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After I run the code above, $text *should* be "Prefix Add prefix..." etc.
This is how it worked in older versions of PHP.
Actual result:
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$text is unmodified. It passes-by-value, not reference, despite the fact
that I added the & in the argument list.
*Modification example*
If I swap the & sign from the function argument list to the actual
function arguments, like so:
<?php
function prefix($text) {
$text = "Prefix " . $text;
}
prefix(&$text = "Add prefix to this here, which would do that in older
versions but not this one.");
?>
I get Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ')'
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Submitted twice:
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register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35995&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35995&r=php3
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