Description:
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Hello,

I compiled PHP 4.2.3 for m68k-amigaos and the test case tests/lang/029.php fails. I tracked what could be a related bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=7515. Could someone tell me more about what has been changed into the Zend engine to fix this earlier bug so that I can track this change and the bug? Or could someone explain me the meaning of the "&" in that particular case.

Code to execute:
    class obj {
            function method() {
            }
    }
    $o->root=new obj();
    var_dump($o);

    $o->root->method();
    var_dump($o);

and its output with PHP 4.2.3 compiled for m68k-amigaos:
    object(stdClass)(1) {
      ["root"]=>
      object(obj)(0) {
      }
    }
    object(stdClass)(1) {
      ["root"]=>
      &object(obj)(0) {
      }
    }

(note the ampersand in the second dump), while, with PHP 5.2.14 on Windows 7, the output is:
    object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
      ["root"]=>
      object(obj)#1 (0) {
      }
    }
    object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
      ["root"]=>
      object(obj)#1 (0) {
      }
    }

Does it make sense that in the second statement "$o->root->method();", the method is viewed as a reference to an object?

Please forgive me if my question is silly, I am a newbie in OO PHP.

Thanks,
Tygre

Test script:
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    class obj {
            function method() {
            }
    }
    $o->root=new obj();
    var_dump($o);

    $o->root->method();
    var_dump($o);


Expected result:
----------------
    object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
      ["root"]=>
      object(obj)#1 (0) {
      }
    }
    object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
      ["root"]=>
      object(obj)#1 (0) {
      }
    }


Actual result:
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    object(stdClass)(1) {
      ["root"]=>
      object(obj)(0) {
      }
    }
    object(stdClass)(1) {
      ["root"]=>
      &object(obj)(0) {
      }
    }