#25841 [NEW]: ternary returns by-value rather than by-reference, although if/else works fine

From: pluggz24 at yahoo dot com Operating system: Slackware Linux 8.1, Windows XP PHP version: 4.3.2 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: ternary returns by-value rather than by-reference, although if/else works fine Description: ------------ a sample script/output demonstrating/explaining this bug can be found here: http://republic.acmeshells.com/~plugged/ternary_bug.txt Reproduce code: --------------- http://republic.acmeshells.com/~plugged/ternary_bug.txt Expected result: ---------------- test using if/else: $b->var: hi $a->var->var: hi test using ternary: $b->var: hi $a->var->var: hi Actual result: -------------- test using if/else: $b->var: hi $a->var->var: hi test using ternary: $b->var: hi $a->var->var: hello -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25841&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25841&r=float