#24485 [Com]: $a = $b; become $a=&$b; when I use a function

ID: 24485 Comment by: php dot net at nanonanonano dot net Reported By: bugs dot php dot net at public dot salagir dot com Status: Feedback Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: * PHP Version: 5CVS, 4CVS (2005-06-07) Assigned To: derick New Comment: To start with, this bug is not fixed in php4-STABLE-200508230645. This bug has already been marked as fixed in PHP5, so asking us to run a test case against the PHP5 CVS snapshot isn't really that sensible, is it? BTW making a new "does it work in the latest snapshot" comment each time we say "no it's not fixed yet", makes it look like you are hoping to fix this bug by accident rather than deliberately set out to fix it. I find it hard to believe you would be actually doing that, but it's certainly what it looks like from this end when you are obviously not even running the really simple test case provided by the original submitter. Can we most politely ask you to use the really simple test case that provided here to test your fixes? And when you think you've actually solved it, then ask if we think you've solved it too. Most of us lack either the time or ability to keep testing CVS snapshots to see if you have fixed it yet; it would be so much easier for everyone if you guys tested it yourselves when you already have the latest installed on your machines and the test case is this simple. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-08-22 01:09:17] sniper@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-03-24 21:48:33] sniper@php.net For Derick, see also bug #32261 (same issue?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-03 23:18:38] ericvanblokland at gmail dot com Where do you live? If it's anywhere near here I'll buy you a beer (or two)!! I'm working on a huge project, with extremely large and complex object constructions, and I have been fighting against segmentation faults for weeks now which is a mayor setback as the deadline is comming closer. I'm still trying to narrow down the cause of these problems but it seems that some construction of circular references (That might exist as a result of this bug) causes memory leaks and crashes php on simple variable assignments. To make me more desperate, after installing the latest rpm in debug-mode memory leaks were reported once and never after and de segmentation faults disappeared. Using that same rpm without debug mode resulted in the same segaults. I've posted this before http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31624 but that bug-report got broken and I've been investigating the cause more before reposting. (I reproduced my problem there with the latest CVS of that time) However, as this bug might be causing the exceptional conditions that causes my segfaults (Copying, a complex, reference-rich object to another location in a session, resulting in another reference), I will wait looking into that any further for now. I can only pray it fixes it. Sorry for the long story, but as it might be related I feld the need to post it here. Once more, thanks a lot! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-03 21:59:04] derick@php.net This should NOT be a problem in PHP - but it is one in PHP 4. I've seen this too and have a patch almost ready that backports the fixes done in PHP 5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-03 21:16:08] ericvanblokland at gmail dot com Ain't it time to think about a fix? (Reproduced with 4.3.10 on fedora core 2 in debug-mode) The references created due to this bug, might be the cause my script keeps segfaulting. About this I've posted a report before, and will post another in the near future. So I won't mention anything about that hear just yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/24485 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24485&edit=1