note 46348 deleted from control-structures.foreach by googleguy
| From: | googleguy@php.net | Date: | Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:34:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 46348 deleted from control-structures.foreach by googleguy | ||
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Note Submitter: gardan at gmx dot de
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(PHP 5.0.2)
Pay attention if using the same variable for $value in both referenced and unreferenced loops.
<?php
$arr = array(1 => array(1, 2), 2 => array(1, 2), 3 => array(1, 2));
foreach($arr as &$value) { }
foreach(array(1,2,3,4,5) as $value) { }
echo $test[3];
?>
What happens here is that after the first foreach() loop, you have in $value a reference to the last
element of $arr (here: array(1, 2)).
Upon entering the second foreach(), php assigns the value. Now value is assigned to where $value
(which is still a reference) points, that is, the last element of $arr.
Your output will be "5", not the expected "Array". To be on the safe side,
unset($value) before entering the next foreach().