Bug #17279: array_recurse_safe()

From: tomat@lenderlabdot.com Operating system: All PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: array_recurse_safe() Will solve problems like: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=16064 This code doesn't work, but I don't know enough C to write it right. It would work if PHP had a method for determining if two variables are the same reference. (unless there is one that I haven't found...) <?php $a=array(1,2,3); $a[3]=&$a; $a=array_recurse_safe($a); array_merge_recursive($a,$a); var_dump($a); function array_recurse_safe($array, $parents=array()) { $parents[]=&$array; foreach($array as $element) { if(is_array($element) || is_object($element)) { $loop=false; foreach($parents as $parent) { if(&$parent == &$element) { unset($element); $loop=true; } } if(!$loop) { $element=array_recurse_safe($element, $parents); } } } return $array; } ?> Also, the usage of unset() is improper here, but I left it in for simplicity. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17279&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17279&r=globals