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Bug #11452 it is not possible to assign a default value to a variable passed by reference
Submitted: 2001-06-12 21:29 UTC Modified: 2001-06-17 05:11 UTC
From: lasconi at free dot fr Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.0.5 OS: windows98
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-06-12 21:29 UTC] lasconi at free dot fr 
this script produces a parse error:

function f(&$a="a"){
       return true;
}

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 [2001-06-17 05:11 UTC] jmoore@php.net 
your trying to assign a constant by reference. This will ofcourse not work, we have had a few feature requests for this so it might make it into 4.1 but this certainly isnt a bug.

- James
 
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