note 80825 added to control-structures.foreach

given the following sample script i get completely different results for different versions of php. <?php function rec(&$data,$i) { foreach($data as $n) { echo "$n$i "; if($i<2) { rec($data,$i+1); } } } $x = array('A','B'); rec($x,1) ?> the wanted behaviour was that the output is "A1 A2 B2 B1 A2 B2". for the php versions 5.1.2 and 5.2.0 i ony get "A1 A2 B2" instead. it seems as if the loop reference is passed with the variable $data so that after returning from the recursion the loop is left. on the other hand php 5.2.3 and versions below 5.1.2 do handle it "correctly". the loop reference is kept within the namespace of each instance of the funcion. can anyone verify whether this behaviour was intented by the developers and if yes why did they switch back then? ---- Server IP: 217.13.201.10 Probable Submitter: 85.180.56.135 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/80825 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80825/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80825/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80825/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80825/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80825/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80825/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80825 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/80825 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php