#28278 [NEW]: flakey return by reference under certain circumstances

From: jeff at opendbms dot com Operating system: Linux 2.6.1-rc1 PHP version: 5.0.0RC2 PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: flakey return by reference under certain circumstances Description: ------------ While passing references every which way, I come to a point where I cannot get my processForm function to return a reference to an object member variable. Pretty serious bug I think... Reproduce code: --------------- http://www.opendbms.com/test.phps 80 lines with comments, Ready to run. Expected result: ---------------- I expect the output to look like this: Request Object ( [attributes:private] => Array ( [sequencelist] => Array ( [0] => Orders.ProductInfo [1] => NewSequence1.New1 ) ) [parameters:private] => Array ( [sequence] => Orders.ProductInfo ) ) Request:Request Object ( [attributes:private] => Array ( [sequencelist] => Array ( [0] => Orders.ProductInfo [1] => NewSequence1.New1 [2] => NewSequence2.New2 [3] => NewSequence3.New3 ) ) [parameters:private] => Array ( [sequence] => Orders.ProductInfo ) ) Reference:Array ( [0] => Orders.ProductInfo [1] => NewSequence1.New1 [2] => NewSequence2.New2 [3] => NewSequence3.New3 ) Actual result: -------------- Request Object ( [attributes:private] => Array ( [sequencelist] => Array ( [0] => Orders.ProductInfo [1] => NewSequence1.New1 ) ) [parameters:private] => Array ( [sequence] => Orders.ProductInfo ) ) Request:Request Object ( [attributes:private] => Array ( [sequencelist] => Array ( [0] => Orders.ProductInfo [1] => NewSequence1.New1 [2] => NewSequence2.New2 ) ) [parameters:private] => Array ( [sequence] => Orders.ProductInfo ) ) Reference:Array ( [0] => Orders.ProductInfo [1] => NewSequence1.New1 [2] => NewSequence2.New2 [3] => NewSequence3.New3 ) The Request object is missing the last element of the array, because it is no longer a reference at that point. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28278&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28278&r=float