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Bug #49866 Making reference on string offsets crashes PHP
Submitted: 2009-10-13 16:08 UTC Modified: 2009-12-07 08:47 UTC
From: doctorrock83 at gmail dot com Assigned: dmitry (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.0 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2009-10-13 16:08 UTC] doctorrock83 at gmail dot com
Description:
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When making a reference on a string offset and changing it, PHP5.3 crashes with segfault, but PHP 5.2, 5.1 and 5.0 throws errors.

I know that it's a bad PHP programming than thinking PHP is C, the fact is that this behavior gives PHP errors in 5.2/5.1/5.0 branches, but segfaults 5.3.0 release.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$a = "string";
$b = &$a[1];
$b = "f";
echo $a;

Expected result:
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sfring

But PHP5.2.0 and 5.0.0 tell :
"Fatal error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets nor overloaded objects in XXX"

PHP 5.1.0 tells:
"Fatal error: fatal flex scanner internal error--end of buffer missed in XXX"

PHP5.3 segfaults


Actual result:
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segmentation faults

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 [2009-10-13 17:30 UTC] felipe@php.net
Dmitry, this is related to rev.251187 and rev.244680 (fix for #35163)
 [2009-12-07 08:47 UTC] svn@php.net
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of dmitry
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=291810
Log: Fixed bug #49866 (Making reference on string offsets crashes PHP)
 [2009-12-07 08:47 UTC] dmitry@php.net
This bug has been fixed in SVN.

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