#35722 [Opn->Bgs]: links troubles

ID: 35722 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: zerkms at mail dot ru -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: *General Issues Operating System: independent PHP Version: 5.1.1 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php There is nothing wrong here. In the first example you overwrite the whole array with $a = array('a' => 'qwe'); and you're not just updating the first element. This breaks the refererence (and it should do that). In the second example you overwrite $a with $a = new stdclass();, but as you assigned $q to $a by reference, $a and $q are simply the same variable here. Hence modifying $a->s to 444 changes the s property for $q too. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-12-18 04:43:30] zerkms at mail dot ru Description: ------------ something strange with links to array and objects Reproduce code: --------------- //1st $a = array('a' => 'zzzz'); $q =& $a['a']; echo $q; $a = array('a' => 'qwe'); echo $q; //2nd $a = new stdclass(); $a->s = 333; $q =& $a; echo $q->s; $a = new stdclass(); $a->s = 444; echo $q->s; Expected result: ---------------- //1st zzzzqwe //2nd 333333 Actual result: -------------- //1st zzzzzzzz //2nd 333444 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35722&edit=1