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Bug #23788 *_replace() clobbers referenced array elements
Submitted: 2003-05-24 01:06 UTC Modified: 2003-05-25 16:49 UTC
From: moriyoshi@php.net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Strings related
PHP Version: 4.3.2RC4 OS: any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-05-24 01:06 UTC] moriyoshi@php.net 
Here's a simple test case.

--TEST--
--FILE--
<?php
$numeric = 123;
$bool = true;
$foo = array(&$numeric, &$bool);
var_dump($foo);
str_replace("abc", "def", $foo);
var_dump($foo);
?>
--EXPECT--
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  &int(123)
  [1]=>
  &bool(true)
}
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  &int(123)
  [1]=>
  &bool(true)
}

While the actual output is

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  &int(123)
  [1]=>
  &bool(true)
}
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  &string(3) "123"
  [1]=>
  &string(1) "1"
}

IMO this is not the intended behaviour, but also looks like a WFX issue. Note that the same applies to preg_replace() / ereg_replace().

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 [2003-05-25 16:49 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Fixed in 5.0 branch, waiting for feedback before MFB to 4.3 branch.
 [2003-06-16 05:59 UTC] mibra2001 at msn dot com 
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