#49347 [NEW]: iterating through an array plus creating a refererence to the current element

From: zoli at lippai dot net Operating system: OS X 10.5.8 PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: iterating through an array plus creating a refererence to the current element Description: ------------ When I iterate through an array with "for" and create a reference to the current element inside the for, then the last element of the array will be a reference to the previous element. If I unset the reference variable at the end of every cycle, then it works fine. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $list = array( array('id' => 1), array('id' => 2) ); for($i = 0; $i < count($list); $i++) { $item = &$list[$i]; $item['someValue'] = 'x'; } foreach($list as $item) { var_dump($item); } Expected result: ---------------- array(2) { ["id"]=> int(1) ["someValue"]=> string(1) "x" } array(2) { ["id"]=> int(2) ["someValue"]=> string(1) "x" } Actual result: -------------- array(2) { ["id"]=> int(1) ["someValue"]=> string(1) "x" } array(2) { ["id"]=> int(1) ["someValue"]=> string(1) "x" } (Please note the second elements id, which is 1 instead of 2) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49347&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49347&r=mysqlcfg