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Bug #35163 Array elements can lose references.
Submitted: 2005-11-09 05:45 UTC Modified: 2007-11-01 09:28 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: averagomez at hotmail dot com Assigned: dmitry (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 5CVS-2005-11-09 (cvs) OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-11-09 05:45 UTC] averagomez at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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Sorry I have a very bad english but I think the 'Reproduce code' is self-describing.

Reproduce code:
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// ---------- This work OK:
$a = array('A', & $a, & $a);
$a[1][0] = 'B';
echo $a[0];   // OK : Show 'B'

// ---------- But this don't work:
$a = array('A');
$a[1] = & $a;
$a[2] = & $a;
$a[1][0] = 'B';
echo $a[0];   // Wrong: Show 'A'

Expected result:
----------------
BB

Actual result:
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BA

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 [2005-11-16 14:52 UTC] dmitry@php.net 
5.1 is effected too.

<?php
$a = array(array('A'));
//$b = &$a[0];
$a[0][] =& $a[0];
$a[0][] =& $a[0];
$a[0][0] = 'b';
var_dump($a);
$a = null;
$b = null;
?>

The problem is in "$a[0][] =& $a[0];" operator, that creates copy of $a[0] during fetching lvalue because $a[0] is not a reference and after fetching rvalue it has refcount > 1.
 [2006-08-01 23:03 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
Not reproducible with 5.2-CVS.
 [2006-09-01 04:39 UTC] dmitry@php.net 
The bug still exists in 5.2 it need just another test script.
 [2007-10-23 09:56 UTC] dmitry@php.net 
Fixed in CVS HEAD and PHP_5_3 (not in PHP_5_2).
 
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