Bug #60067 [NEW]: Strange Recursive/interation

From: Operating system: Linux CGI/FastCGI PHP version: 5.3.8 Package: Variables related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Strange Recursive/interation Description: ------------ I wrote an OOP PHP class to interact with an Shipping estimate API. I setup a logging system to help log & track any issues during testing. The goal was to have this logging system remove certain index keys for both 'objects' and 'arrays' in a recursive manor. I believe that the passed-reference (variable using with an ampersand or what I call a 'live link') is being 'pushed' up. When I check the logged xml (in the example) it often read 'omitted'. The variable was being changed even though the original call to function wasn't done using a passed-reference. The function would work correctly with the corrected code or the log_xml calls completed first. Maybe using $v is what broke the pass reference and it was just a 'copy' after that. Test script: --------------- Code Sample Here http://pastebin.com/GcZMkD6B -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60067&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60067&r=mysqlcfg