#39011 [Bgs->Opn]: foreach($_GET as $key => &$value) causes later bugs passing $_GET as a paramete

ID: 39011 User updated by: php_bug dot email at email dot digiways dot com Reported By: php_bug dot email at email dot digiways dot com -Status: Bogus +Status: Open Bug Type: Arrays related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.1.6 New Comment: Where exactly is this behaviour documented? Can you point to the documentation page as I failed to find this. Also, another defect http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29992 which was referenced here is a different problem. In my case I do not reuse the reference variable $value . Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-01 20:39:17] iliaa@php.net 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 bogus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-01 20:24:34] judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com this is the expected behaviuor, and not a bug. :P the reasons are clearly explained by gardan at gmx dot de on this report, please do a search before reporting http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-01 20:13:53] sitnikov at infonet dot ee confirmed with PHP Version 5.2.0RC5-dev ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-01 19:25:34] php_bug dot email at email dot digiways dot com Description: ------------ if we iterate over $_GET using references (see the example) and pass $_GET to a function, function modifies $_GET and not the local copy. For example, save the example code in test.php and open test.php?mykey=foo . Reproduce code: --------------- <?php function doit($http_get_params) { $http_get_params['mykey'] = 'bar'; echo '<br/>'.$_GET['mykey']; } foreach($_GET as $key => &$value) {} echo '<br/>'.$_GET['mykey']; doit($_GET); echo '<br/>'.$_GET['mykey']; ?> Expected result: ---------------- When we open test.php?mykey=foo I expect to see foo foo foo Actual result: -------------- When we open test.php?mykey=foo we actually see foo bar bar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39011&edit=1