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Bug #21108 ?: evaluates to copy of object
Submitted: 2002-12-20 04:53 UTC Modified: 2002-12-20 05:10 UTC
From: RNova at gmx dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: Windows 98
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-12-20 04:53 UTC] RNova at gmx dot net 
Since I do not know the internals of PHP, it's probably best to just give an example:

$a = 11;

function &f()  {
    return TRUE ? $GLOBALS['a'] : $GLOBALS['a'];
}

function &g()  {
    return $GLOBALS['a'];
}

$b =& f();
$b = 12;
echo $a."<hr>";
$c =& g();
$c = 13;
echo $a;

-----
output: 11<hr>13
expected output: 12<hr>13

Thanks for fixing this,
Cheers,
    Rai

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 [2002-12-20 05:10 UTC] derick@php.net 
Please do not submit the same bug more than once. An existing
bug report already describes this very problem. Even if you feel
that your issue is somewhat different, the resolution is likely
to be the same. Because of this, we hope you add your comments
to the existing bug instead.

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