Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64693&edit=1

 ID:                 64693
 Updated by:         ni...@php.net
 Reported by:        jdoane at vlacs dot org
 Summary:            Third argument ($initial) passed to array_reduce
                     should be immutable.
-Status:             Open
+Status:             Not a bug
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            Arrays related
 Operating System:   Ubuntu 12.04.02 LTS
 PHP Version:        5.3.24
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

array_reduce uses the normal passing semantics. We do not document for every 
function that it uses the normal passing semantics, because, well, they are the 
same everywhere.

PHP never clones your objects unless you tell it to.


Previous Comments:
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[2013-04-23 13:04:13] jdoane at vlacs dot org

The order of the expected output is backwards, I apologize.

It should be:
~$ php test.php
stdClass Object
(
    [count] => 2
    [maxlen] => 5
)
stdClass Object
(
    [count] => 0
    [maxlen] => 0
)

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[2013-04-22 19:41:14] jdoane at vlacs dot org

Description:
------------
When array_reduce is called with an object as the third argument, the variable 
passed to said third argument will turn into the result of the array_reduce() 
call. It feels like the object getting passed into array_reduce is not being 
cloned and is being modified in place. Since all objects are passed as a 
reference 
it changes the "$initial" variable in the scope where array_reduce was called.

So either documentation needs to be updated that says that $initial gets set to 
the return value when it is an object or this shouldn't happen to begin with as 
it 
appears that $initial should remain immutable for the duration of the 
array_reduce() call.

Test script:
---------------
$array = (object)Array('foo', 'baraz');
$initial = (object)Array('count' => 0, 'maxlen' => 0);
$output = array_reduce($array, function(&$d, $item) {
    if($d->maxlen < strlen($d)) { $d->maxlen = strlen($d); }
    $d->count++;
    return $d;
}
print_r($output);
print_r($initial);

Expected result:
----------------
~$ php test.php
stdClass Object
(
    [count] => 0
    [maxlen] => 0
)
stdClass Object
(
    [count] => 2
    [maxlen] => 5
)

Actual result:
--------------
~$ php test.php
stdClass Object
(
    [count] => 2
    [maxlen] => 5
)
stdClass Object
(
    [count] => 2
    [maxlen] => 5
)


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