From: php at warhog dot net
Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu 6.10/Linux 2.6.17)
PHP version: 5.2.1
PHP Bug Type: Variables related
Bug description: referencing a reference parameter on a function-local
variable does not work
Description:
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When having a reference-variable as parameter in a function and
referencing it on a local variable (inside the function) the
variable will keep the referenced value inside the function but not
outside. That's not the way I understand references in PHP.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
function yet_another_function(&$foo)
{
$_foo = 3;
$foo =& $_foo;
var_dump($foo);
}
yet_another_function($bar);
var_dump($bar);
?>
Expected result:
----------------
int(3)
int(3)
Actual result:
--------------
int(3)
NULL
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41214&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=trysnapshot44
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=trysnapshot52
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41214&r=mysqlcfg
