Bug #55723 [NEW]: Array of references return copies of elements instead of references

From: Operating system: Windows XP Pro SP 3 PHP version: 5.3.8 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Array of references return copies of elements instead of references Description: ------------ When trying to get a element of reference inside an array, php always returns a copy of that variable being referred. See the comment of Test Script. Test script: --------------- <?php $Item = array ('foo' => 'bar'); $Array = array (&$Item); $rItem = $Array[0]; //$rItem is expected to be a reference, but it doesn't. $rItem['foo'] = 'foobar'; echo $Item['foo']; Expected result: ---------------- foobar Actual result: -------------- bar -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55723&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55723&r=mysqlcfg