#49962 [NEW]: Reassign an object inside function

From: diego at ditech dot com dot br Operating system: Windows XP SP3 PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: Reassign an object inside function Description: ------------ When trying to reassign an object inside a function, it is not acting as passed by reference. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class foo { } function change($obj) { $obj = null; } function change_ref(&$obj) { $obj = null; } $o = new foo; change($o); var_dump($o); change_ref($o); var_dump($o); Expected result: ---------------- Both should yield the same result. 1st: NULL 2nd: NULL Actual result: -------------- Only change_ref is redefining the object. 1st: object(foo)#1 (0) { } 2nd: NULL -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49962&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49962&r=mysqlcfg