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Bug #33128 Cloning of objects containing other objects leads to referencing
Submitted: 2005-05-24 17:11 UTC Modified: 2005-05-24 18:31 UTC
From: p dot seizov at decart dot bg Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 5.0.4 OS: Windows, Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-05-24 17:11 UTC] p dot seizov at decart dot bg
Description:
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If you clone an object containing another object, the second object is actually referenced to the original. So if you change the cloned subobject, it will change the original.

Reproduce code:
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class ParentObject
{
	public $value;
	public $subObject;
}

class SubObject
{
	public $value;
}

$subObject = new SubObject();
$subObject->value = 1;

$parentObject = new ParentObject();
$parentObject->value = 1;
$parentObject->subObject = clone $subObject;

$clonedObject = clone $parentObject;

$clonedObject->value = 2;
$clonedObject->subObject->value = 2;

echo $parentObject->value."\r\n";
echo $parentObject->subObject->value."\r\n";

Expected result:
----------------
1
1

Actual result:
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1
2

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 [2005-05-24 18:31 UTC] derick@php.net
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a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
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