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Bug #64227 current() function does not require a reference
Submitted: 2013-02-16 11:12 UTC Modified: 2014-05-29 09:51 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (100.0%)
Same OS:2 (100.0%)
From: schmittjoh at gmail dot com Assigned: kriscraig (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
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Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-02-16 11:12 UTC] schmittjoh at gmail dot com 
Description:
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The API documentation for ``current()`` currently declares the first parameter to be a reference. In fact however, it accepts any expression, not only references.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.current.php

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 [2013-02-19 18:30 UTC] kriscraig@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Assigned To: +Assigned To: kriscraig
 [2013-02-19 18:30 UTC] kriscraig@php.net 
Confirmed.  Doc entry will need to be corrected.
 [2013-02-20 04:02 UTC] laruence@php.net 
actually, it is not a bug, current declares prefer send_by_ref.
 [2013-02-20 12:27 UTC] schmittjoh at gmail dot com 
@laruence, could you elaborate what that means?
 [2013-02-20 13:39 UTC] laruence@php.net 
see https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/113
 [2014-05-29 09:51 UTC] kriscraig@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Not a bug
 [2014-05-29 09:51 UTC] kriscraig@php.net 
No feedback for over a year.  Laruence says it's not a bug.
 
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