Bug #70332 [NEW]: Wrong behavior while returning reference on object

From: laruence Operating system: PHP version: 7.0.0RC1 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Wrong behavior while returning reference on object Description: ------------ none Test script: --------------- <?php function & test($arg) { return $arg; } $arg = new Stdclass(); $arg->name = array(); test($arg)->name[1] = "xxxx"; var_dump($arg); Expected result: ---------------- object(stdClass)#1 (1) { ["name"]=> array(1) { [1]=> string(4) "xxxx" } } Actual result: -------------- object(stdClass)#1 (1) { ["name"]=> array(0) { } } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70332&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70332&r=mysqlcfg