Bug #70321 [NEW]: Magic getter breaks reference to array property

From: hrach dot cz at gmail dot com Operating system: win10 PHP version: 7.0.0RC1 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Magic getter breaks reference to array property Description: ------------ See the testcase. Worked ok in 7.0.0-beta3 Test script: --------------- <?php class foo { private $bar; public function __construct() { $this->bar = new bar(); } public function & __get($key) { $bar = $this->bar; return $bar; } } class bar { public $onBaz = []; } $foo = new foo(); $foo->bar->onBaz[] = function() {}; var_dump($foo->bar->onBaz); Expected result: ---------------- array(1) { [0]=> object(Closure)#4 (0) { } } Actual result: -------------- array(0) { } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70321&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70321&r=mysqlcfg