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: nikic@php.net 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: @martijn: Everything works fine, you just have to return from __get by reference (write &__get instead of just __get). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-28 10:06:04] martijn dot otto at copernica dot com 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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