Bug #76187 [NEW]: Assigning new object in ref-parameter: fn($obj = new stdClass()) raises notice

From: matthes at leuffen dot de Operating system: PHP version: 7.2.4 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Assigning new object in ref-parameter: fn($obj = new stdClass()) raises notice Description: ------------ Notice is falsely triggered. The two examples should be the same. Test script: --------------- <?php ini_set("display_errors", 1); error_reporting(E_ALL); // Function with reference parameter function fn (&$obj) {} fn($obj = new stdClass()); // <- Triggers notice: Only variables should be passed by reference // ... should be the same as ... $obj = new stdClass(); fn($obj); // <- No warning Expected result: ---------------- No notice Actual result: -------------- Notice: Only variables should be passed by reference in xxx -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76187&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76187&r=mysqlcfg