#26307 [NEW]: Variable reference assignments in functions

From: soywiz at hotmail dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 4.3.4 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: Variable reference assignments in functions Description: ------------ Within a function a reference to another variable cannot be assigned to its to a global variable. I also proved this example in php 4.3.3 Sorry by my bad english In spanish: Dentro de una función no se le puede asignar a una variable global una referencia a otra variable (también global). He probado este ejemplo en php 4.3.3 y php 4.3.4 Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $a = 'a'; $b = 'b'; function f() { global $a, $b; $b = &$a; // Fails } f(); echo $b; $b = &$a; // Works echo $b; ?> Expected result: ---------------- aa Actual result: -------------- ba -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26307&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26307&r=float