Bug #72629 [NEW]: Caught exception assignment to variables ignores references

From: ryosuke_i_628 at yahoo dot co dot jp Operating system: OSX 10.11.5 PHP version: 7.1.0alpha3 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Caught exception assignment to variables ignores references Description: ------------ Caught exception assignment to variables ignores references. Note that PHP has this bug while HHVM hasn't. Test on 3v4l: https://3v4l.org/neGAE Test script: --------------- <?php $var = null; $e = &$var; try { throw new Exception; } catch (Exception $e) { } assert('$e !== null'); assert('$var !== null'); Expected result: ---------------- No outputs. Actual result: -------------- Warning: assert(): Assertion "$var !== null" failed -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72629&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72629&r=mysqlcfg