ID: 25996
Comment by: kevin at hatry dot com
Reported By: hongnk at hotmail dot com
Status: Verified
Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem
Operating System: Irrelevant
PHP Version: 5CVS, 4CVS
New Comment:
As i didnt find this bug before submitting mine (surely because we
didnt experience it in the same way), i was asked to add a comment here
with my version of the bug so here it is:
Description:
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When passing a non-existing portion of an array by reference this
portion gets created even if the function does not touch the array =>
it
is modified in the calling line.
It works with string indexes as well.
Reproduce code:
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error_reporting(E_ALL);
$tab2 = array( );
function do_nothing ( &$var ) {
// code here doesnt matter
}
do_nothing($tab2[10]);
var_dump($tab2);
Expected result:
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array(0) {
}
Actual result:
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array(1) {
[10]=>
NULL
}
Previous Comments:
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[2003-10-29 14:13:04] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Related to bug #26030
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[2003-10-26 21:33:23] hongnk at hotmail dot com
Description:
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Accessing array with uninitialized index will normally trigger error:
$a=array();
$b=$a['unknown']; => undefined index error
but if I assign by reference:
$b=&$a['unknown'];
then PHP no longer throw error. (The same goes for assigning undefined
property to an object.)
This makes it difficult to debug scripts.
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