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Request #44180 key in an array cannot be a reference in foreach loop
Submitted: 2008-02-20 09:09 UTC Modified: 2008-02-20 09:52 UTC
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From: martin dot koranda at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.2.5 OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-02-20 09:09 UTC] martin dot koranda at gmail dot com
Description:
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in foreach loop, if i try to use keys as a reference, i'll get "Fatal error: Key element cannot be a reference". my question is why not? can Zend developers add the possibility of key element reference in the sixth PHP version??

Reproduce code:
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     foreach($arr as &$key => $val)
     {
      ...
     }

Expected result:
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change keys inside the foreach loop

Actual result:
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Fatal error: Key element cannot be a reference 

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 [2008-02-20 09:52 UTC] johannes@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

The array key is not to be changed afterwards - especially since an array key can only be string or iteger and we can\'t really pevent the write access to references.
 
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