From: nikolaeff at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.3.11 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Passing cass variable by reference makes variable become reference
Description: ------------ Guess that $site->config shouldn't became reference after it passed to method by reference. Am i right ? Reproduce code: --------------- class Config {} class Database { function Database(&$config) {} /* here */ } class Site { var $config; var $db; function Site() { $this->config = new Config(); /* turns $this->config to a reference: */ $this->db = new Database($this->config); } } $site = new Site(); var_dump($site); Expected result: ---------------- object(site)(2) { ["config"]=> object(config)(0) { } ["db"]=> object(database)(0) { } } Actual result: -------------- object(site)(2) { ["config"]=> &object(config)(0) { } ["db"]=> object(database)(0) { } } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33397&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33397&r=mysqlcfg