Bug #53780 [NEW]: Iterating twice over an array changes the array

From: Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:06:45 +0000
Subject: Bug #53780 [NEW]: Iterating twice over an array changes the array
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From: Operating system: Ubuntu 11.04 PHP version: 5.3.5 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Iterating twice over an array changes the array Description: ------------ When using foreach to iterate over an array using the reference (&$value) syntax, and using foreach a second time using the same variable name changes the original array by overwriting the array's last item with the second-last. This is obviously wrong... Hint: note the missing object's id #4 in the actual result Test script: --------------- // the example uses objects to show the object's id in the output, but this error also occurs works with scalars class A {} $c = array(new A(), new A(), new A(), new A()); $arr = $c; // to keep the reference var_dump($arr); foreach ($arr as &$value) {} var_dump($arr); // using the same variable name foreach ($arr as $value) {} var_dump($arr); Expected result: ---------------- array(4) { [0]=> object(A)#1 (0) { } [1]=> object(A)#2 (0) { } [2]=> object(A)#3 (0) { } [3]=> object(A)#4 (0) { } } array(4) { [0]=> object(A)#1 (0) { } [1]=> object(A)#2 (0) { } [2]=> object(A)#3 (0) { } [3]=> object(A)#4 (0) { } } array(4) { [0]=> object(A)#1 (0) { } [1]=> object(A)#2 (0) { } [2]=> object(A)#3 (0) { } [3]=> object(A)#4 (0) { } } Actual result: -------------- array(4) { [0]=> object(A)#1 (0) { } [1]=> object(A)#2 (0) { } [2]=> object(A)#3 (0) { } [3]=> object(A)#4 (0) { } } array(4) { [0]=> object(A)#1 (0) { } [1]=> object(A)#2 (0) { } [2]=> object(A)#3 (0) { } [3]=> &object(A)#4 (0) { } } array(4) { [0]=> object(A)#1 (0) { } [1]=> object(A)#2 (0) { } [2]=> object(A)#3 (0) { } [3]=> &object(A)#3 (0) { } } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53780&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53780&r=mysqlcfg

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