#49565 [NEW]: same arrays (with recursion) comparison don't result "equals"

From: pierb1971 at yahoo dot com Operating system: windows vista PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: same arrays (with recursion) comparison don't result "equals" Description: ------------ When comparing (with "===") a reference of an array (which as recursion inside) with the original array itself, the result is not "equal" value but display recursion error Reproduce code: --------------- $z =& $GLOBALS; if ($z === $GLOBALS) { print 'Equals'; } else { print 'Not equals'; } Expected result: ---------------- Equals Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency? in <file name> on line <line number> Fatal error: Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency? in Unknown on line 0 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49565&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49565&r=mysqlcfg