Bug #68402 [Opn->Nab]: PHP reference changes last item of array

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68402&edit=1 ID: 68402 Updated by: ajf@php.net Reported by: villeviitaharju at gmail dot com Summary: PHP reference changes last item of array -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: PHP Language Specification Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: 5.5.18 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php This isn't a bug. Because the last item of the array is a reference, it remains a reference if that array is passed to other functions. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-11-11 14:20:37] villeviitaharju at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Scenario: foreach with value as reference function which has foreach with value as reference and returns array last item of unmodified array changes to modified array item namechanges doesn't change scenario. Test script: --------------- $bar = [["object_name" => "first"], ["object_name" => "second"]]; foreach($bar as &$b) $b["object_name"] .= " foo"; function foo($bar){ foreach($bar as &$o) $o["object_name"] = "bar " . $o["object_name"]; return $bar; } function echoObjects($bar) { foreach($bar as $o) echo $o["object_name"] . "<br />"; echo "<br />"; } echoObjects($bar); echoObjects(foo($bar)); echoObjects($bar); //extra bar on last item Expected result: ---------------- first foo second foo bar first foo bar second foo first foo second foo Actual result: -------------- first foo second foo bar first foo bar second foo first foo bar second foo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68402&edit=1