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

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80991&edit=1 ID: 80991 User updated by: g dot sokol99 at g-sokol dot info Reported by: g dot sokol99 at g-sokol dot info Summary: There is no way to revoke reflection method with by-reference args -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: Reflection related Operating System: linux PHP Version: 7.4.16 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Oh, there is workaround: ``` $target->invokeArgs(null, [&$arg]); ``` Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-04-26 15:01:45] g dot sokol99 at g-sokol dot info Oh, there is workaround: ``` $target->invokeArgs(null, [&$arg]); ``` ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-04-26 14:58:00] g dot sokol99 at g-sokol dot info 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80991&edit=1