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Bug #63752 foreach increments pointer used by current() once
Submitted: 2012-12-12 15:06 UTC Modified: 2012-12-13 08:34 UTC
From: terrafrost@php.net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 5.4.9 OS: Windows 7
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-12-12 15:06 UTC] terrafrost@php.net
Description:
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foreach seems to increment the pointer used by current() once even if foreach 
loops multiple times. Seems to me that it should not increment it at all or 
increment it multiple times. Not once and that's it.

Test script:
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<?php
$a = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
foreach ($a as $key => $elem) {
    echo "$key = $elem"; echo ' = ';
    var_dump(current($a));
}
?>

Expected result:
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0 = 1 = int(1)

1 = 2 = int(1)

2 = 3 = int(1)

3 = 4 = int(1)

4 = 5 = int(1)

Actual result:
--------------
0 = 1 = int(2)

1 = 2 = int(2)

2 = 3 = int(2)

3 = 4 = int(2)

4 = 5 = int(2)

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 [2012-12-13 08:34 UTC] laruence@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

1. at the beginning of foreach:  ZEND_FE_RESET  which will increase the refoucnt 
of $a 
2. then FE_FETCH, which will increase internal pointer of $a 
3. then current, current declared to accept a reference, but $a is not a ref and 
refcount > 1 , then -> separation 

hope I made it clear. 

thanks
 [2012-12-13 08:34 UTC] laruence@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 
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