#27268 [NEW]: Bad references accentuated by clone

From: Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 02:06:03 +0000
Subject: #27268 [NEW]: Bad references accentuated by clone
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From:             lingwitt at bellsouth dot net
Operating system: Mac OS X
PHP version:      5.0.0b4 (beta4)
PHP Bug Type:     Class/Object related
Bug description:  Bad references accentuated by clone

Description:
------------
When an object's method calls upon another one of its 
methods such that the second method returns a reference 
that is stored in the the first method as a local 
variable, then the reference persists in some way so as 
to make cloning problematic.

As a result, a modification to the referenced variable 
in the clone cuases a modification to the same variable 
in original.

Reproduce code:
---------------
class A
{
    var $a = array();
    
    public function makeAReference()
    {
        $array = $this->getA();
    }
    
    public function &getA()
    {
        return $this->a;
    }
}

$A = new A;
$A->a = array(1);
$A->makeAReference();
$clone = clone $A;
$clone->a = array();

print_r($A);

Expected result:
----------------
This is gotten when $A->makeAReference() is removed.

A Object
(
    [a] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1
        )

)

Actual result:
--------------
Obviously the modification made it back to the original.

A Object
(
    [a] => Array
        (
        )

)

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Fixed in CVS:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=needscript
Try newer version:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=support
Expected behavior:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=php3
Daylight Savings:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=dst
IIS Stability:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27268&r=float


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