#40111 [Opn->Csd]: call-time pass by reference is either ambiguous or wrong.

ID: 40111 Updated by: tony2001@php.net Reported By: colder@php.net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5.2.0 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-12 16:57:11] colder@php.net Description: ------------ "Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If ..." But the argument is still passed by reference. I believe the error message doesn't reflect the way it works and should for that reason be updated. The modification I propose can be found here: http://patches.colder.ch/zend_compile-1.647.2.27.2.26.patch?markup Reproduce code: --------------- function foo(&$a){$a++;}; function bar($a){$a++;} $val1 = 1; foo(&$val1); echo $val1."\n"; //2 $val2 = 1; bar(&$val2); echo $val2; //2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40111&edit=1