#50611 [NEW]: Segfault when trying $var =& $non_array_var[some_index]

From: an0nym at narod dot ru Operating system: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p3 PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Reproducible crash Bug description: Segfault when trying $var =& $non_array_var[some_index] Description: ------------ Segmentation fault occurs when trying to assign a var to a reference onto some index of a string variable. (I know it's dumb, but no segfault should occur, but a Fatal error: ...) Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $value1 = 'foobar'; $value2 = &$value1[0]; Expected result: ---------------- Fatal Error Actual result: -------------- Segmentation Fault -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50611&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50611&r=mysqlcfg