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Bug #73940 the associativity is uncertain for complex ++/-- operation
Submitted: 2017-01-15 05:31 UTC Modified: 2017-01-15 05:39 UTC
From: hu60 dot cn at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 7.1.0 OS: Windows & Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-01-15 05:31 UTC] hu60 dot cn at gmail dot com 
Description:
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$x = 8;
$y = ++$x;
$z = $x + --$x + $x;
var_dump($x, $y, $z);
// output: int(8) int(9) int(24)

$x = 8;
$y = ++$x;
$z = ($a = $x) + --$x + $x;
var_dump($x, $y, $z, $a);
// output: int(8) int(9) int(25) int(9)

It's so amazing!

Should $x + --$x + $x be equal 24 or 25?

Test script:
---------------
<?php
$x = 8;
$y = ++$x;
$z = $x + --$x + $x;
var_dump($x, $y, $z);
echo '<hr>';

$x = 8;
$y = ++$x;
$z = ($c = (($a = $x) + ($b = --$x))) + ($d = $x);
var_dump($x, $y, $z, $a, $b, $c, $d);
echo '<hr>';

$x = 8;
$y = ++$x;
$z = (($x) + (--$x)) + ($x);
var_dump($x, $y, $z);
echo '<hr>';

$x = 8;
$y = ++$x;
$z = ($a = $x) + --$x + $x;
var_dump($x, $y, $z, $a);
?>

Expected result:
----------------
int(8) int(9) int(25)
int(8) int(9) int(25) int(9) int(8) int(17) int(8)
int(8) int(9) int(25)
int(8) int(9) int(25) int(9)

Actual result:
--------------
int(8) int(9) int(24)
int(8) int(9) int(25) int(9) int(8) int(17) int(8)
int(8) int(9) int(24)
int(8) int(9) int(25) int(9)

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 [2017-01-15 05:39 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2017-01-15 05:39 UTC] requinix@php.net 
As in other languages, the order of execution is undefined.

http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.precedence.php
> Operator precedence and associativity only determine how expressions are
> grouped, they do not specify an order of evaluation. PHP does not (in the
> general case) specify in which order an expression is evaluated and code that
> assumes a specific order of evaluation should be avoided, because the behavior
> can change between versions of PHP or depending on the surrounding code.
 
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