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Bug #48875 unexpected foreach behavior with references, 2 foreaches, and same value var
Submitted: 2009-07-10 00:36 UTC Modified: 2009-07-10 18:12 UTC
From: stepheneliotdewey at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.10 OS: Vista 64-bit
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-07-10 00:36 UTC] stepheneliotdewey at gmail dot com
Description:
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If you look at the final print-out for the below, it will print a, b, b, instead of the expected a, b, c. I don't think this is the expected behavior.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
    $a = array('a', 'b','c');
    foreach($a as &$row){
        //you don't have to do anything here
       }
    print_r($a);
    foreach($a as $row){
       echo "<br />".$row;
    }
?>

Expected result:
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a
b
c

Actual result:
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a
b
b

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 [2009-07-10 00:40 UTC] stepheneliotdewey at gmail dot com
I should note that I first saw this bug in a comment posted earlier today in the documentation:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php#92116
 [2009-07-10 18:12 UTC] jani@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

Please, read the manual page too. This is documented there.
 
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