Doc #63406 [NEW]: Count *does* detect infinite recursion

From: n at p12a dot org dot uk Operating system: PHP version: master-Git-2012-10-31 (Git) Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Count *does* detect infinite recursion Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.count#refsect1-function.count- parameters --- The manual says "count() does not detect infinite recursion". But count() does. Test script: --------------- $a = array(); $a[] = &$a; echo count($a, 1), "\n" Expected result: ---------------- Most probably an out-of-memory error, which is what I get when infinitely recursing in a user-defined function. Actual result: -------------- PHP Warning: count(): recursion detected in Command line code on line 1 3 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63406&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63406&r=mysqlcfg