#40981 [NEW]: Pass by reference and object assignment problem

From: sir dot mordred dot service at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows XP, apache 2.0 PHP version: 4.4.6 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Pass by reference and object assignment problem Description: ------------ If a parameter passed by reference to a function is assigned a new object with the =& operator, after the function call the variable passed to the function will not contain the object, but its previous value (or null). Assignment with = works fine. Reproduce code: --------------- <pre><?php class A {} function Foo(&$param) { $param =& new A(); } function Bar(&$param) { $param = new A(); } echo phpversion()."\n"; $p = 1; Foo($p); var_dump($p); $q = 1; Bar($q); var_dump($q); ?> Expected result: ---------------- 4.4.6 object(a)(0) { } object(a)(0) { } Actual result: -------------- 4.4.6 int(1) object(a)(0) { } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40981&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40981&r=mysqlcfg