Description:
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When an object's member is assigned as a reference to a different class' static member and that static member is itself later assigned by reference, the original object member's reference is not being updated.


I posted this question to the PHP General Mailing List.  One user confirmed the bug for V5.0.0 to V5.3.3RC2.  In case you would like to search the archive, the subject of the email was "Static Class Member References".

Test script:
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<?php
class A
{
  public static $a = 3;
}

class B 
{
	public $b;

	public function assign()
	{
		$this->b =& A::$a;
	}
}

$b = new B;
$a = new A;
$b->assign();
A::$a =& $a;

var_dump($b->b); // expected: object(A) | result: int 3
?>

Expected result:
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I expect 'var_dump($b->b);'  to print: object(A).

Actual result:
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'var_dump($b->b);' is actually printing 'int 3'.