#48483 [NEW]: this pointer is not passed by reference correctly

From: chase at circleofmoms dot com Operating system: ubuntu 8.04 PHP version: 5.2.9 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: this pointer is not passed by reference correctly Description: ------------ When you pass the $this pointer by reference and change data for the object it points to, that data is not correctly updated. Reproduce code: --------------- function changeAddress(&$oldThing) { $oldThing = new Thing(); } class Thing { var $data; public function updateData($newData) { ThingChanger::changeData($this,$newData); var_dump($this); var_dump($this->data); } } class ThingChanger { public static function changeData(&$thingToChange,$newData) { changeAddress($thingToChange); $thingToChange->data = $newData; } } $thing = new Thing(); $thing->data = "foo"; $thing->updateData("bar"); Expected result: ---------------- object(Thing)#2 (1) { ["data"]=> string(3) "bar" } string(3) "bar" Actual result: -------------- object(Thing)#2 (1) { ["data"]=> string(3) "bar" } string(3) "foo" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48483&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48483&r=mysqlcfg