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Bug #24745 return ($val) is broken for references
Submitted: 2003-07-21 19:48 UTC Modified: 2003-07-22 02:25 UTC
From: vma1 at abv dot bg Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5CVS-2003-07-21 (dev) OS: Slackware Linux 9.0
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-07-21 19:48 UTC] vma1 at abv dot bg 
Description:
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"return ($val);" does not work in a function that returns a reference. "return $val;" is OK.

Reproduce code:
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class lala
{
	var $val;
	
	function lala ()
	{
		$this->val = 0;
	}
	
	function &get_val ()
	{
		$inf = 88;
		$this->val = $inf;
		return ($inf);
	}
}

$obj = new lala;
$vvv = &$obj->get_val ();


Actual result:
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Fatal error: Only variables or references can be returned by reference in /usr/local/apache/site/htdocs/bug.php on line 15

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 [2003-07-22 02:25 UTC] derick@php.net 
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

Yup, this is expected.
 [2003-08-08 07:56 UTC] no dot spam at forme dot pt 
http://pt.php.net/return

statement: "Note:  Note that since return() (...), the parentheses surrounding its arguments are not required (...) it doesn't matter one way or the other."

in example above, return ($val) or return $val seems to matter.
 
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