#23705 [NEW]: Reassigned object-ref params don't propagate back properly.

From: joachim at lous dot org Operating system: Windows 2000 PHP version: 4.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: Reassigned object-ref params don't propagate back properly. It doesn't seem to be possible to replace a passed object references with a different one. I expected the following code to print "5": class a{ var $val; function a($val){ $this->val = $val;} } function replace(&$src, &$dest){ $dest =& $src; } $src = new a(2); $dest = new a(1); replace($src,$dest); $src->val=5; echo $dest->val; In stead it prints "1". Changing the '=&' to '=', it prints '2', as expected. Surely this must be a bug? If not, is there really no way to get the reference across? I need this for building trees: passing the current node pointer, have the function change the tree and make the ref point to a new current node. I can work around it by returning the new reference in stead, but that only works for one ref. Using binary installer from website. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23705&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23705&r=gnused