#32496 [NEW]: Session string values are references

From: ceo at l-i-e dot com Operating system: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE PHP version: 5.0.3 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Session string values are references Description: ------------ <?php session_start(); if (!isset($_SESSION['name'])){ $_SESSION['name'] = 'Richard Lynch'; } else{ $name = $_SESSION['name']; } /* Assume a ton of code goes here */ $name = 'Fooey'; echo "Session name is: ", $_SESSION['name'], "<br />\n"; ?> Now, hit this page, re-load it, and what do *YOU* expect $_SESSION['name'] to output? A) 'Richard Lynch', because you never re-assigned $_SESSION['name'] B) 'Fooey' because $name is a reference, and you changed it, so that changed your session data. *I* expected A) Alas, the reality is B) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32496&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32496&r=mysqlcfg