#23195 [Ver->Bgs]: Use of $_POST/$_SESSION causes a endless loop

ID: 23195 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: jc at mega-bucks dot co dot jp -Status: Verified +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Red Hat Linux 8.0 PHP Version: 4.3.2RC1 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php When you assign the array to another variable the internal array position pointer gets reset. Which causes you loop which depends on the array position to loop indefinately. Use foreach() or a for() loop. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-18 21:19:43] iliaa@php.net Here is a shorter example that demonstrates the problem: <?php $arr = array('a', 'b'); while (each($arr)) $arr2 = $arr; ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-14 01:15:09] jc at mega-bucks dot co dot jp The following piece of code never terminates: <?php while (list($k, $v) = each( $_POST )) { if(strstr($k, "CHANGE_DEL_DATES")) { session_set_post_vars( $_POST ); } } function session_set_post_vars($post) { $_SESSION["S_POST_VALUES"] = $post; } ?> The contents of the $_POST superglobal were: Array ( [CURRENT_DEL_METHOD] => YAMATO [DEL_YEAR1] => 2003 [DEL_MONTH1] => 04 [DEL_DAY1] => 12 [ptime1] => 1 [DEL_YEAR2] => 2003 [DEL_MONTH2] => 04 [DEL_DAY2] => 12 [DEL_YEAR3] => 2003 [DEL_MONTH3] => 04 [DEL_DAY3] => 12 [DELIVER_ANYDAY] => on [CHANGE_DEL_DATES_x] => 14 [CHANGE_DEL_DATES_y] => 7 ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23195&edit=1