From: Jones at miliz dot org
Operating system: Linux
PHP version: 4.3.9
PHP Bug Type: Variables related
Bug description: Problems making a variable a reference which was passed by reference
Description:
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Making a variable, which was passed by reference, a reference to another
variable inside the function won't work outside this function
Reproduce code:
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<?php
function &testReference(&$first, &$second) {
$source = 'my Test';
$first = $source;
$second =& $source;
var_dump($second);
return $second;
}
$ref3 =& testReference($ref1, $ref2);
var_dump($ref1);
var_dump($ref2);
var_dump($ref3);
?>
Expected result:
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string(7) "my Test"
string(7) "my Test"
string(7) "my Test"
string(7) "my Test"
Actual result:
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string(7) "my Test"
string(7) "my Test"
NULL
string(7) "my Test"
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30288&edit=1
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Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30288&r=support
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Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30288&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30288&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30288&r=php3
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