PHP 4.0 Bug #3919: $this->function('a') crashes php if function(&$foo) defined

From: k@les.cz Operating system: redhat linux 6.1 PHP version: 4.0 Beta 4 Patch Level 1 PHP Bug Type: Reproduceable crash Bug description: $this-&gt;function('a') crashes php if function(&$foo) defined i guess the description is descriptive enough. it happens only with class methods, not with common functions. example: <?php class test { function test() { $this->brekeke('a'); } function brekeke(&$a) {} }; $aa = new test(); ?> gdb says: #0 0x810178d in execute (op_array=0x8330d74) at ./zend_execute.c:1757 1757 varptr = *varptr_ptr; (gdb) bt #0 0x810178d in execute (op_array=0x8330d74) at ./zend_execute.c:1757 #1 0x810102e in execute (op_array=0x8322b4c) at ./zend_execute.c:1628 #2 0x810102e in execute (op_array=0x82140d4) at ./zend_execute.c:1628 #3 0x810102e in execute (op_array=0x8212ab4) at ./zend_execute.c:1628 #4 0x807ccfc in php_execute_script (primary_file=0xbffffa8c) at main.c:1146 #5 0x80a02a9 in apache_php_module_main (r=0x81f9204, fd=19, display_source_mode=0) at sapi_apache.c:88 #6 0x807835b in send_php () #7 0x807839c in send_parsed_php () #8 0x8126983 in ap_invoke_handler () #9 0x8139eb9 in process_request_internal () #10 0x8139f1c in ap_process_request () #11 0x81317be in child_main () #12 0x81319fc in make_child () #13 0x8131d76 in perform_idle_server_maintenance () #14 0x81322a5 in standalone_main () #15 0x8132863 in main () #16 0x4019a94b in __libc_start_main () at ../sysdep