Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51878&edit=1
ID: 51878 Updated by: johan...@php.net Reported by: inqing at gmail dot com Summary: A bug about function's reference params -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Linux & windows PHP Version: 5.2.13 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php With an expression like do_something($foo = 'bar'); the behavior is undefined. We don't guarantee i which order the function call and the assignment are being executed. This might change any time. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-21 03:48:39] inqing at gmail dot com Description: ------------ for this code when you run in php4, the app will output "func", but under php5 your will get another result -- "php" I don't know why. Test script: --------------- <?php function func(&$param){ $param = "func"; } func($param="php"); echo $param; ?> Expected result: ---------------- func Actual result: -------------- php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51878&edit=1
