#30959 [NEW]: __call does not return by reference

From: joel at zmail dot pt Operating system: WinXP, Debian Sarge PHP version: 5.0.2 PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: __call does not return by reference Description: ------------ __call doesn't return by reference Reproduce code: --------------- class A{ private $x = 123; public function & __call($m,$a){ return $this->x; } } $a = new A(); $x = & $a->UndefMethod(); $x = 789; $y = & $a->UndefMethod(); Expected result: ---------------- $y should be 789, but it is 123 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30959&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=float MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30959&r=mysqlcfg