#49386 [NEW]: foreach with reference causes funny behaviour

From: ingo dot aengenheister at gmx dot de Operating system: Windows Vista PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: foreach with reference causes funny behaviour Description: ------------ is it a bug or a feature ? Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $a = array('a','b','c','d','e'); foreach($a as &$b){} foreach($a as $b){ echo $b; // last element lost in space, next to last element appears 2 times } ?> Expected result: ---------------- abcde Actual result: -------------- abcdd -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49386&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49386&r=mysqlcfg