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Bug #17340 sscanf function requires "call by reference"
Submitted: 2002-05-21 14:36 UTC Modified: 2002-09-11 11:09 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 0 (0.0%)
From: taomyn at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Strings related
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: Windows 2000
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-05-21 14:36 UTC] taomyn at hotmail dot com 
When using the sscanf function, the complier warns that "Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of sscanf()" etc etc

Apparently, sscanf requires the use of call-by reference to work - or is the online manual wrong?

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 [2002-05-22 03:08 UTC] sander@php.net 
I think you're doing something wrong... can you provide a simple & self-contained sample script?
 [2002-05-23 04:14 UTC] taomyn at hotmail dot com 
I have e-mailed you the code - the function is called within functions.php

You're probably right, in that the code is now wrong, but if that's the case, then the online documentation for sscanf is also wrong.
 [2002-05-27 12:49 UTC] sander@php.net 
Hm, can you make a simpler sample script? Just a couple of lines instead of a couple of files?
 [2002-05-29 05:44 UTC] taomyn at hotmail dot com 
Can you not just try executing the "functions.php" script and you'll see the error. My PHP knowledge is somewhat limited, and the code is something I had run a while back just fine, and when I tried again I got this error.

Basically, if call by reference is allowed for sscanf, as the php.net online documentation states, then the compiler is wrong. Otherwise the the documentation is now wrong, and the compiler should be more intelligent and not try to tell me to "modify the declaration of
>sscanf()".
 [2002-07-07 13:02 UTC] derick@php.net 
Please provide a short reproducing script through this web interface so that others can see it too.

Derick
 [2002-09-11 11:09 UTC] sniper@php.net 
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we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
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change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you.
 
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