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Bug #35967 control statement "return" problen
Submitted: 2006-01-11 07:15 UTC Modified: 2006-01-11 08:24 UTC
From: sqchen at citiz dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 5.1.1 OS: redhat 7.3
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-01-11 07:15 UTC] sqchen at citiz dot net 
Description:
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the "return" control statement will cause segfault

Reproduce code:
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<?php
funciton foo()
{
   return foo();
}
foo();

Actual result:
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Segmentation fault

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 [2006-01-11 08:24 UTC] derick@php.net 
This has nothing to do with return. You're creating a infinite recursion here (where foo() is calling foo()). This will exhaust the stack and PHP will crash. This is expected behavior.
 
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