Bug #54930 [Opn->Bgs]: Assigning a value inside a foreach leads to change a variable out of scope

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54930&edit=1 ID: 54930 Updated by: pierrick@php.net Reported by: dobrolyubov at gmail dot com Summary: Assigning a value inside a foreach leads to change a variable out of scope -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Arrays related Operating System: any PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php more explanation here: http://schlueters.de/blog/archives/141-References-and-foreach.html Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-05-25 23:04:42] dobrolyubov at gmail dot com Description: ------------ I'm not sure if it's the right behavior, but seems that PHP doing it wrong, see the test script. Test script: --------------- $v = array(); $data = array('v1' => '0'); foreach($data as $k => &$v) ; foreach(array('v2' => '1') as $k => $v) ; var_dump($data); Expected result: ---------------- array(1) { ["v1"]=> &string(1) "0" } Actual result: -------------- array(1) { ["v1"]=> &string(1) "1" } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54930&edit=1