Bug #40625 [Com]: Indirect modification of overloaded property

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40625&edit=1 ID: 40625 Comment by: martijn dot otto at copernica dot com Reported by: noreply@php.net Summary: Indirect modification of overloaded property Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Class/Object related Operating System: XP SP2 PHP Version: 5.2.1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug is now almost five years old and still has not been fixed. Stating that is has never worked before and it gives a notice about this lack of functionality is of course no excuse to close this bug. I would like to see this issue fixed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-02-25 19:35:31] derick@php.net 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 It didn\'t work properly before either, and now we warn about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-02-25 03:18:29] noreply@php.net Description: ------------ While using __get and __set im getting the following notice : "Notice: Indirect modification of overloaded property $var has no effect " It worked perfect in previous PHP versions. Reproduce code: --------------- class myclass { /* $this->_data = array(1) { ["abcd"] => array(2) { ["a"] => string(2) "cc" ["b"] => string(2) "dd" } } */ public function __get($name) { $result = null; if (isset($this->_data[$name])) { $result = $this->_data[$name]; } return (array)$this->_data[$name] ; } public function __set($value, $arg) { foreach($arg as $key=>$inhoud) { $this->_data[$value][$key] = $inhoud; } } } $myclass = new myclass(); $myclass->abcd['a'] = 'ee'; //does not work anymore $myclass->newNode['a'] = 'ee'; //does not work anymore Expected result: ---------------- array(2) { ["abcd"] => array(2) { ["a"] => string(2) "ee" ["b"] => string(2) "dd" } ["newNode"] => string(2) "ee" } Actual result: -------------- Data does not change and outputs "Notice: Indirect modification of overloaded property $var has no effect " ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40625&edit=1