Bug #70478 [NEW]: **= does no longer work

From: derick@php.net Operating system: * PHP version: 7.0.0RC2 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:**= does no longer work Description: ------------ As per https://3v4l.org/aULpq , in PHP 7 this no longer seems to work: <?php function test($a, $b) { $a **= $b; } class testClass { public $a; private $b; function __construct() { $this->a = 98; $this->b = 4; $this->a **= $this->b; } } test(7, 3); $a = new testClass; echo $a->a; ?> In PHP 5.6 (and HHVM), this correction produces: 92236816 whereas in PHP 7 it produces: Fatal error: Invalid opcode 167/8/1. in /in/aULpq on line 18 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70478&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70478&r=mysqlcfg