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Bug #47028 Strange foreach behavior when using references
Submitted: 2009-01-07 14:33 UTC Modified: 2009-02-10 11:00 UTC
Votes:8
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:7 of 8 (87.5%)
Same Version:6 (85.7%)
Same OS:7 (100.0%)
From: kobieta dot ryba at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 6CVS-2009-01-07 (CVS) OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-01-07 14:33 UTC] kobieta dot ryba at gmail dot com
Description:
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I've noticed strange behavior when using references and foreach loop. 
It throws an error "Invalid argument supplied for foreach" but if the code
// $ass = &$array;
is commented out, the result is as expected:
Output:
in
in
in


Reproduce code:
---------------
<?
$array = array("1", "2", "3");
$ass = &$array;
foreach($array as $k => &$v)
{
  $array = false;

  $v = "Test";
  echo "in\n";
}
?>

Expected result:
----------------
in
in
in


Actual result:
--------------
in

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in test.php on line 5


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 [2009-01-15 10:12 UTC] kobieta dot ryba at gmail dot com
Is there anybody reading this?
 [2009-02-10 11:00 UTC] tony2001@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

You overwrite the variable you're looping through, no wonder the second iteration fails.
 
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