#37731 [NEW]: internal reference becomes external

From: nhorton at gmail dot com Operating system: xp PHP version: 4.4.2 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: internal reference becomes external Description: ------------ this sure seems like a bug to me. referencing alpha to beta causes a reference to be set up between all further iterations of the object. delta, without the reference, behaves normally. i also tried it using foreach loops instead of for loops, same thing happened. Reproduce code: --------------- class one{ function one($i){ $this->beta=$i; $this->alpha=&$this->beta; $this->delta='diamond'; } } for($i=0;$i<11;$i++){ $one= new one($i); $array[]=$one; } for($i=0;$i<11;$i++){ $first_object=$array[$i]; $second_object=$first_object; } echo "<br>before loop<br>"; print_r($second_object); for($i=0;$i<11;$i++){ $object=$array[$i]; $object->alpha='xxxx'; $object->delta='spade'; } echo "<br>after loop<br>"; print_r($second_object); Expected result: ---------------- expected output: before loop one Object ( [beta] => 10 [alpha] => 10 [delta] => diamond ) after loop one Object ( [beta] => 10 [alpha] => 10 [delta] => diamond ) Actual result: -------------- output: before loop one Object ( [beta] => 10 [alpha] => 10 [delta] => diamond ) after loop one Object ( [beta] => xxxx [alpha] => xxxx [delta] => diamond ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37731&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37731&r=mysqlcfg