Bug #53936 [NEW]: Literal empty array returns NULL.

From: Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.3.5 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Literal empty array returns NULL. Description: ------------ For some reason I cannot figure out, array() doesn't give me an empty array anymore but NULL. (References are used for good reasons, btw.) Test script: --------------- function &foo_to_array (&$x) { $array_to_return = array (); // Works the first couple of times, then NULLs. // add foo elements to array return $array_to_return; } Introducing some wrapper doesn't help either -- an array is actually created but NULL is returned anyway: function make_array () { return array (); } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53936&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53936&r=mysqlcfg