php.net |  support |  documentation |  report a bug |  advanced search |  search howto |  statistics |  random bug |  login
Bug #48106 func_get_args() causes Fatal Error when used as second function parameter
Submitted: 2009-04-29 12:09 UTC Modified: 2009-04-29 12:24 UTC
From: djungowski at chip dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.9 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
View Developer Edit
Welcome! If you don't have a Git account, you can't do anything here.
If you reported this bug, you can edit this bug over here.
(description)
Block user comment
Status: Assign to:
Package:
Bug Type:
Summary:
From: djungowski at chip dot de
New email:
PHP Version: OS:

 

 [2009-04-29 12:09 UTC] djungowski at chip dot de
Description:
------------
When func_get_args() is used as second (or third or fourth...) parameter in a function/method call, it causes a Fatal error. Yet when used as first parameter, everything works fine.

No fatal error occurs when any other function is used as second parameter, so it seems to be a func_get_args() problem only.

This problem also occurs in earlier PHP versions (5.2.6, 5.2.4, etc)

I know this bug has been reported before (#27887), but has been closed with a - I'm sorry to say this - lame explanation. This is a bug, no matter what the documentation says.

Reproduce code:
---------------
function returnSomething()
{
        return func_get_args();
}

function callSomeFunction($message)
{
        someFunction(func_get_args(), 'Hello World');
        someFunction(1, returnSomething());
        someFunction(1, func_get_args());
}

function someFunction($code, $message)
{
        print($message . PHP_EOL);
}

callSomeFunction('Hello World');

Expected result:
----------------
Hello World
Array
Array

Actual result:
--------------
Hello World
Array

Fatal error: func_get_args(): Can't be used as a function parameter in /home/dominik/test.php on line 12

Patches

Pull Requests

History

AllCommentsChangesGit/SVN commitsRelated reports
 [2009-04-29 12:24 UTC] kalle@php.net
This is a known issue and have been fixed in 5.3.
 
PHP Copyright © 2001-2025 The PHP Group
All rights reserved.
Last updated: Mon Aug 18 13:00:02 2025 UTC