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Bug #24486 strange behaviour with references
Submitted: 2003-07-03 11:19 UTC Modified: 2003-07-07 02:45 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:1 (50.0%)
From: bs@php.net Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.3.2 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-07-03 11:19 UTC] bs@php.net
Description:
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we just detected a strange behaviour with references and foreach:
after the foreach() is done in the sample code the & disappear in the var_dump for the first two elements, the third is of course still a valid reference because $row exists
i tried to reproduce that effect in different ways but it only happens when using a foreach

Reproduce code:
---------------
<pre><?php
$arr = array(1, 2, 3);
for ($i = 0; $i < count($arr); $i++) {
    $row =& $arr[$i];
    $row = $row * $row;
}
var_dump($arr);

reset ($arr);
while (list(, $value) = each ($arr))
    echo "value: $value\n";

var_dump($arr);

foreach($arr AS $value)
    echo "value: $value\n";

var_dump($arr);
?>

Actual result:
--------------
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  &int(1)
  [1]=>
  &int(4)
  [2]=>
  &int(9)
}
value: 1
value: 4
value: 9
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  &int(1)
  [1]=>
  &int(4)
  [2]=>
  &int(9)
}
value: 1
value: 4
value: 9
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  int(1)
  [1]=>
  int(4)
  [2]=>
  &int(9)
}

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 [2003-07-03 14:45 UTC] sniper@php.net
And you know that foreach() operates with a copy of the original array..? And this reference thing is problem..why?

 [2003-07-07 02:45 UTC] sniper@php.net
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