Bug #80991 [NEW]: There is no way to revoke reflection method with by-reference args

From: g dot sokol99 at g-sokol dot info Operating system: linux PHP version: 7.4.16 Package: Reflection related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:There is no way to revoke reflection method with by-reference args Description: ------------ If we have some method that receives some arguments my reference, there is no way to invoke it with reflection. Test script: --------------- class TestReflectionMethodInvokeWithReferences { private static function testTarget(array &$a): void { $a['new_key'] = 'new value'; } } // Unit test use case $testReflectionMethodInvokeWithReferences = new ReflectionClass(TestReflectionMethodInvokeWithReferences::class); $target = $testReflectionMethodInvokeWithReferences->getMethod('testTarget'); $target->setAccessible(true); $arg = []; $target->invoke(null, &$arg); var_exoprt($arg); Expected result: ---------------- array ( 'new_key' => 'new value', ) Actual result: -------------- PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "&", expecting ")" in php shell code on line 5 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80991&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80991&r=mysqlcfg