Bug #71603 [NEW]: compact() maintains references in php7

From: tim at zaremedia dot com Operating system: Debian 8 PHP version: 7.0.3 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Bug Bug description:compact() maintains references in php7 Description: ------------ When compact() is used with references, those references are maintained in the new array in php7 and not in 5.6 Test script: --------------- <?php $foo = 45; $foo_reference =& $foo; $array = compact('foo_reference'); print_r($array); $foo = 50; print_r($array); Expected result: ---------------- PHP 5.6.17 ---------- Array ( [foo_reference] => 45 ) Array ( [foo_reference] => 45 ) Actual result: -------------- PHP 7.0.3 --------- Array ( [foo_reference] => 45 ) Array ( [foo_reference] => 50 ) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71603&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71603&r=mysqlcfg