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  [2015-12-27 06:56 UTC] laruence@php.net
 
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Description: ------------ PHP 5 acts as expected, PHP 7 fails. Test script: --------------- <?php $post_data_1 = [ 'file' => new CURLFile('file.txt') ]; $curl_1 = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl_1, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data_1); echo "OK\n"; // exactly the same as above + added a reference to 'file' element $post_data_2 = [ 'file' => new CURLFile('file.txt') ]; $ref = & $post_data_2['file']; // *** $curl_2 = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl_2, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data_2); echo "OK\n"; Expected result: ---------------- PHP 5: OK OK PHP 7: OK OK Actual result: -------------- PHP 5: OK OK PHP 7: OK Catchable fatal error: Object of class CURLFile could not be converted to string in wtf.php on line 12