#40694 [NEW]: __call() does not allow passing args by reference

From: andrei@php.net Operating system: PHP version: 5CVS-2007-03-02 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: __call() does not allow passing args by reference Description: ------------ __call() method does not allow specifying the arguments array by reference. Essentially this means that there is no way to return modified arguments when using overloading. Reproduce code: --------------- class Foo { function __call($method, &$args) { print $args[0]."\n"; $args[0] = 5; print $args[0]."\n"; return true; } } $v = 'str'; $o = new Foo(); $o->test($v); var_dump($v); Expected result: ---------------- str 5 int(5) Actual result: -------------- str 5 string(3) "str" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40694&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40694&r=mysqlcfg