Bug #18309: serialize of array doesn not preserve internal pointer

From: submiturl@vaner.com Operating system: WinXP PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: serialize of array doesn not preserve internal pointer When array is serialized and unserialized the internal pointer is not preserved. that means not the exact copy of the array is created. -------------code----------- <? $array = Array(); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); $array []=count($array); print_r($array); echo "<hr>"; next($array); next($array); next($array); echo "before: ".current($array); $array_serialized = serialize ($array); unset($array); echo "<hr>"; $new_array = unserialize ($array_serialized); echo "after".current($new_array); ?> --------------------------- output : Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => 1 [2] => 2 [3] => 3 [4] => 4 [5] => 5 [6] => 6 [7] => 7 [8] => 8 [9] => 9 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- before: 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- after0 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18309&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18309&r=globals