#46885 [NEW]: Passing a variable by Reference does not return object created in function

From: Chowarmaan at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows 2000/XP PHP version: 5.2.8 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Passing a variable by Reference does not return object created in function Description: ------------ Calling a function in a class that accepts a variable by reference, then checks the variable and creates an object for it will not allow the object to be returned outside of the function. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class TEST_CLASS { function __construct() { } function GetResponse(&$Response, $Timeout = 0) { if (!($Response instanceof TEST_CLASS2 )) $Response = new TEST_CLASS2(); $Response->SetText_('Testing Complete'); return TRUE; } } class TEST_CLASS2 { public $Variable; public function SetText_($s) { $this->Variable = $s; } } $Test = new TEST_CLASS(); $Test->GetResponse($Response, 100); // Fails $Test->GetResponse(&$Response, 100); // Works echo $Response->Variable . "\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- $Response should be of type TEST_CLASS2 and the echo should return the text: Testing Complete Actual result: -------------- $Response is a NULL -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46885&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46885&r=mysqlcfg