Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50394&edit=1
ID: 50394
Comment by: hugoniks at hotmail dot com
Reported by: tstarling at wikimedia dot org
Summary: Reference argument converted to value in __call
Status: Closed
Type: Bug
Package: Scripting Engine problem
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 5.3.1
Assigned To: pajoye
Block user comment: N
New Comment:
wtff
Previous Comments:
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[2010-09-20 05:14:07] tstarling at wikimedia dot org
heis: yes, the behaviour changed in 5.3.0. I'm not saying it was a good
idea, I'm just saying you should complain on some other bug report,
preferably one that I'm not CC'ed on.
The correct way to pass reference arguments to functions via
call_user_func_array() hasn't changed, we've been doing it this way
since PHP 4. It's just that the impact of doing it the wrong way has
changed. Previously, the argument was silently converted to a value.
Now, a warning is shown and the function isn't called.
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[2010-09-19 10:54:53] heis dot turtlemad at gmail dot com
Please note that the "user code" we are talking about was running as
expected until php5.3 was released; and that downgrading to 5.2 solves
the issue.
that means, that the way to pass arrays as references in function args
has
changed since the 5.3 release ?
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[2010-09-15 02:23:34] tstarling at wikimedia dot org
Commenters please note: you're receiving an error "parameter expected to
be a reference, value given", that does not mean that you are seeing
this bug. In fact, if you're using PHP 5.3.2 or later, it is pretty much
impossible for it to be this bug.
Most cases of "parameter expected to be a reference, value given" are
due to bugs in the user code, not due to any problem with PHP. The
message indicates a mismatch between the reference/value status of
arguments to call_user_func_array() and the function declaration, as
in:
function foo( &$x ) {}
$x = '';
call_user_func_array( 'foo', array( $x ) );
The correct way to call the function foo() in this case is:
call_user_func_array( 'foo', array( &$x ) );
That is to say, the reference must be explicit in the array on the
calling side.
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[2010-09-15 01:16:45] jeremy at tuxmachine dot com
See bug 51174.
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[2010-09-04 01:16:50] david at tuxteam dot com
This seems to be an issue for Drupal modules as well. This is a
significant problem for running Drupal on PHP 5.3.
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