Bug #73847 [NEW]: Recursion when a variable is redefined as array

From: joyce at ennexa dot com Operating system: PHP version: 7.1.0 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Recursion when a variable is redefined as array Description: ------------ Redefining a variable as an array with the old value as member causes recursion. Test script: --------------- <?php $a = 23; $a = array($a); print_r($a); Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [0] => 23 ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => Array *RECURSION* ) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73847&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73847&r=mysqlcfg