Bug #74346 [NEW]: proc_open reference to return value

From: marco dot agnoli at me dot com Operating system: OS X 10.11.6 PHP version: 5.6.30 Package: Program Execution Bug Type: Bug Bug description:proc_open reference to return value Description: ------------ proc_open returns immediately when a reference to the returned resource is made. PHP 7.x shows the expected behaviour. Test script: --------------- <?php $spec = [ 0 => STDIN, 1 => STDOUT, 2 => STDERR ]; $pipes = []; echo 'Starting'.PHP_EOL; $proc = proc_open('sleep 3 ; echo "Hi"', $spec, $pipes); if (!is_resource($proc)) exit(1); $ref = &$proc; // Should wait but does not wait proc_close($proc); echo 'Done'.PHP_EOL; Expected result: ---------------- Starting Hi (after 3 seconds) Done Actual result: -------------- Starting Done Hi (after 3 seconds) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74346&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74346&r=mysqlcfg