Bug #72946 [Opn]: variable assignment failure with foreach after reference

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72946&edit=1 ID: 72946 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: shaveneLee at gmail dot com Summary: variable assignment failure with foreach after reference Status: Open Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Windows 10 or Centos 6.8 PHP Version: 7.0.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: from https://3v4l.org/CafJM , I don't see the problem, do you have any thirdpart extension loaded which may affect the behavior? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-08-26 09:28:19] shaveneLee at gmail dot com Description: ------------ same array variable($reqs) when it was assign value with &, then use foreach to loop it again, the last loop variable value was assigned failed. please,see the simple test script below. Test script: --------------- function foo() { $reqs = array('11', '22', array('id' => 123, 'name' => 'ffff')); foreach ($reqs as &$req) { if (is_array($req)) { $req['name'] = 'dd'; //alter value } } echo '<pre>'; print_r($reqs); //values changed, ok echo '</pre>'; foreach ($reqs as $req) { echo '<pre>'; print_r($req); //the last value is '22', that is wrong. echo '</pre>'; } } output: 11 22 22 //it should be output this: array('id' => 123, 'name' => 'ffff') Expected result: ---------------- expect output result: 11 22 Array ( [id] => 123 [name] => ffff ) Actual result: -------------- 11 22 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72946&edit=1