Bug #62171 [Opn->Csd]: "Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency?" in case of ===

From: Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 11:49:02 +0000
Subject: Bug #62171 [Opn->Csd]: "Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency?" in case of ===
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 ID:                 62171
 Updated by:         cmb@php.net
 Reported by:        ray dot burgemeestre at gmail dot com
 Summary:            "Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency?" in
                     case of ===
-Status:             Open
+Status:             Closed
 Type:               Bug
-Package:            *Programming Data Structures
+Package:            Scripting Engine problem
 Operating System:   linux
 PHP Version:        5.4.3
-Assigned To:        
+Assigned To:        cmb
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

This issue has been fixed as of PHP 5.3.15 and 5.4.5, see
<http://3v4l.org/Y6ZKh>.


Previous Comments:
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[2013-06-08 09:58:38] marc-bennewitz at arcor dot de

I have the same issue in a logger method stringify all values into a readable format
(Zend\Log\Formatter\Base::normalize) which ever fail if the value contains a self referencing entry.
It's simply not possible to check this case so in will result in an infinite loop or we get the
fatal here described.

AND on logging using the error handler there is a $context argument containing such a self reference
:(

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[2012-06-03 21:40:25] ray dot burgemeestre at gmail dot com

Didn't see your reply, that sounds good Felipe.., will check it out tomorrow.. thanks.

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[2012-06-03 21:36:33] ray dot burgemeestre at gmail dot com

@carloschilazo of course removing the & fixes the error. You realize this is a bugreport right?
My point is that I think the === operator should still return true or false. In this case true as $a
and $a[0] are the same object.
My testcase was a little ambiguous, shiranai7's version is better:  $a = array(); $a[0] =
&$a;.

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[2012-06-03 21:31:12] felipe@php.net

I've committed a change that will return immediately true the comparison between same array.
So, at least your '$a = array(&$a); $a === $a;' will works.

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[2012-06-03 20:54:27] carloschilazo at gmail dot com

I think the problem is your test script:

<?php
$a = array(&$a); <<<<<<< HERE
$a === $a;
?>

you are passing the value of $a by reference, and to invoke the value then it 
calls itself.

remove the & and it works

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