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Bug #15977 Function with passing by reference crash if passing by value
Submitted: 2002-03-09 19:15 UTC Modified: 2002-03-10 01:19 UTC
From: wawan at sega dot gatra dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Compile Failure
PHP Version: 4.1.1 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-03-09 19:15 UTC] wawan at sega dot gatra dot com 
This is very weird, as my backgroud is delphi/pascal, function with passing by reference is efficient for string parameter. PHP supports this (?), but if we forget passing with value, (i think) compiler is crash, nothing shown in the screen, even error_reporting set E_ALL. Let's see modified sample from manual:

function foo (&$var)
{
	$var++;
}

foo(5);

Any clue ? TIA.

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 [2002-03-09 19:29 UTC] sniper@php.net 
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 [2002-03-09 19:56 UTC] wawan at sega dot gatra dot com 
I'm not asking for support, but PHP scripting engine should display something informational, not just blank, really blank (0 byte in return), just like a blackhole compiler.
 [2002-03-10 01:19 UTC] mfischer@php.net 
When I test your example I get

'Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in - on line 2'
 
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