#42610 [NEW]: $this can be reassigned using references

From: php dot 20 dot zsh at spamgourmet dot com Operating system: * PHP version: 5.2.4 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: $this can be reassigned using references Description: ------------ $this can be changed when you use an automagic function. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php function change(&$var, $value) { $var = $value; return true; } class foo { function __construct() { change($this, false); var_dump($this); } } $foo = new foo; ?> Expected result: ---------------- HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this in %s on line %d Actual result: -------------- HTTP/1.1 200 OK bool(false) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42610&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42610&r=mysqlcfg