From: f dot engelhardt at 21torr dot com
Operating system: Linux
PHP version: 5.1.2
PHP Bug Type: Variables related
Bug description: Can not parse NULL as reference
Description:
------------
In C and most other programming languages it is possible to parse NULL as
a reference parameter to a function (a NULL-Pointer). In PHP i need to
allocate a variable, that can be given to the function. So there is no way
to parse a NULL-Pointer.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
function bTest(&$paData)
{
if (is_null($paData))
{
// cleanup
return true;
}
// handle data
return true;
}
bTest(NULL);
?>
Expected result:
----------------
Should work
Actual result:
--------------
Fatal error: Cannot pass parameter 1 by reference in ...
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=trysnapshot44
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=trysnapshot51
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36029&r=mysqlcfg
