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Bug #5532 Aliasing to array element affecting value downstream
Submitted: 2000-07-12 13:52 UTC Modified: 2000-07-13 04:13 UTC
From: tom dot ferguson at uphs dot upenn dot edu Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Misbehaving function
PHP Version: 4.0 Release Candidate 2 OS: WinNT 4.0
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-07-12 13:52 UTC] tom dot ferguson at uphs dot upenn dot edu 
unset($a);
unset($v);
unset($k);

$a = array('x'=>"p",'y'=>"q",'z'=>"r");

foreach($a as $k => $v){
  echo $k . " => " .$v . "<br>";
}

echo "<br>";

$v = $a['y'];
echo $v . "<br>";
echo $a['y'] . "<br>";

echo "<br>";

$v = &$a['y'];
echo $v . "<br>";
echo $a['y'] . "<br>";

echo "<br>";

reset($a);
echo $v . "<br>";
echo $a['y'] . "<br>";

echo "<br>";

foreach($a as $k => $v){
  echo $k . " => " .$v . "<br>";
}

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 [2000-07-13 04:13 UTC] stas at cvs dot php dot net 
Well, yes, foreach values are not local to the loop. 
I do not think this is a bug.
 
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