#21600 [NEW]: assign by reference function call changes variable contents

From: jhpacker@yahoo.com Operating system: Redhat 8 PHP version: 4.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: assign by reference function call changes variable contents under 4.3.0 with apache 2.0.40 I see this strange behavior with aliasing: $foo = "Philip Johnson's \"Glass House\" remains one of the most famous residences in the world."; $foo =& bar($foo); print $foo; function bar($text){ return $text; } outputs: Philip Johnson's "Glass House" remains one of the most famous residences in the worlh This didn't happen under 4.2.3. Although really this was a mistake on my part (I meant to do $foo = bar($foo)) it seems like strange behavior nonetheless. It's also strange to me that if I change return $text; to return "$text"; it works as I would expect. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21600&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21600&r=gnused