Bug #73919 [NEW]: Short tertiary operator and pointer

From: p17 at ivaldi dot xyz Operating system: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 PHP version: 7.1.0 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Short tertiary operator and pointer Description: ------------ Using the short tertiary operator ?: with a pointer as first condition results in a non expected result. Test script: --------------- #!/usr/bin/php <?php error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT); $val = &$foo ?: 'default'; var_dump($val); Expected result: ---------------- string(7) "default" Actual result: -------------- NULL -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73919&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73919&r=mysqlcfg