Bug #72108 [NEW]: switchs break foreach byref with arrays

From: php at darkain dot com Operating system: Debian 8.2 PHP version: 7.0.5 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Bug Bug description:switchs break foreach byref with arrays Description: ------------ As shown in the test script, when a switch statement is used on a byref variable from a foreach, the reference is lost, and it changes to byval instead. This regression was introduced in 7.0.5, and worked perfectly otherwise in previous builds of 7.0.x, 5.6, and HHVM https://3v4l.org/eg1oT Test script: --------------- $array = ['broken']; foreach($array as &$values) { switch ($values) { case 'broken': $values = 'WORKING'; break; } } var_dump($array); Expected result: ---------------- array(1) { [0]=> &string(7) "WORKING" } Actual result: -------------- array(1) { [0]=> string(6) "broken" } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72108&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72108&r=mysqlcfg