Bug #71225 [NEW]: curl_setopt() fails to set CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS with reference to CURLFile

From: bugs dot php dot net at ss dot st dot tc Operating system: Linux, OS X PHP version: 7.0.1 Package: cURL related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:curl_setopt() fails to set CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS with reference to CURLFile Description: ------------ PHP 5 acts as expected, PHP 7 fails. Test script: --------------- <?php $post_data_1 = [ 'file' => new CURLFile('file.txt') ]; $curl_1 = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl_1, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data_1); echo "OK\n"; // exactly the same as above + added a reference to 'file' element $post_data_2 = [ 'file' => new CURLFile('file.txt') ]; $ref = & $post_data_2['file']; // *** $curl_2 = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl_2, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data_2); echo "OK\n"; Expected result: ---------------- PHP 5: OK OK PHP 7: OK OK Actual result: -------------- PHP 5: OK OK PHP 7: OK Catchable fatal error: Object of class CURLFile could not be converted to string in wtf.php on line 12 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71225&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71225&r=mysqlcfg