#34504 [NEW]: unserialize return is different

From: wkonkel at gmail dot com Operating system: redhat PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: unserialize return is different Description: ------------ In php 5.0.4 and prior, this code snippet worked. In php 5.0.5, it now returns an error. A work around is to change the code to: $obj = unserialize($data); echo array_pop($obj); Reproduce code: --------------- <? $data = serialize(array('test', 'test2')); echo array_pop(unserialize($data)); ?> Expected result: ---------------- test2 Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in /var/www/bountysource/public/test.php on line 4 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34504&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34504&r=mysqlcfg