Bug #74690 [NEW]: PHP throws reference notice when using namespaces.

From: contact at greg dot md Operating system: Mac PHP version: 7.1.5 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:PHP throws reference notice when using namespaces. Description: ------------ When a namespace is defined in a file and you want to return a reference, the "PHP Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference" is thrown. If I delete the namespace, then it works good. Test script: --------------- <?php namespace Bar; $foo = 'foo'; $bar = &call_user_func_array(function &() use (&$foo) { return $foo; }, []); $bar = 'bar'; echo $foo . PHP_EOL; Expected result: ---------------- bar Actual result: -------------- PHP Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /htdocs/php-app/vendor/greg-md/php-framework/test.php on line 9 PHP Stack trace: PHP 1. {main}() /htdocs/php-app/vendor/greg-md/php-framework/test.php:0 Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /htdocs/php-app/vendor/greg-md/php-framework/test.php on line 9 Call Stack: 0.0002 353152 1. {main}() /htdocs/php-app/vendor/greg-md/php-framework/test.php:0 foo -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74690&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74690&r=mysqlcfg