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Bug #26673 Nested object reference count not incremented when object copied?
Submitted: 2003-12-19 18:17 UTC Modified: 2004-01-06 20:52 UTC
From: samlw at aol dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.3.4 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-12-19 18:17 UTC] samlw at aol dot com
Description:
------------
In certain cases, the reference 
counting mechanism seems to become confused when 
dealing with nested objects.

If class 'outer' has a member that is an object of 
class 'inner', then a copy of an instance of outer 
sometimes shares the original's reference to inner. As 
a result, if a change is made to the inner member of 
the copy, the original's inner is also changed. See the 
attached code for a working example of this problem.

I have reproduced this problem in v 4.3.2 and 4.3.4 
running on OS X. 

Reproduce code:
---------------
class inner {
	var $val1;
	var $val2;
	function inner ($val1, $val2) {
		$this->set($val1, $val2);
	}
	function set ($val1, $val2) {
		$this->val1 = $val1;
		$this->val2 = $val2;
	}
}

class outer {
	var $val0;
	var $inner;
	function outer ($val0, $val1, $val2) {
		$this->val0 = $val0;
		$this->inner = new inner($val1, $val2);
	}
	function set ($val0, $val1, $val2) {
		$this->val0 = $val0;
		$this->inner->set($val1, $val2);
	}
}


// construct and dump an object with values [0, 1, 2]

$myOuter = new outer(0, 1, 2);
var_dump($myOuter);
echo '<br />--------<br />';

// change values to [3, 4, 5]

$myOuter->set(3, 4, 5);
var_dump($myOuter);
echo '<br />--------<br />';

// make a COPY and change values to [6, 7, 8]

$myOuterCopy = $myOuter;
$myOuterCopy->set(6, 7, 8);
var_dump($myOuterCopy);
echo '<br />--------<br />';

// dump original - should still be [3, 4, 5], but it is [3, 7, 8]!!!
// the inner object is not getting copied on modification!!!

var_dump($myOuter);
echo '<br />--------<br />';

Expected result:
----------------
The final var_dump should produce:

object(outer)(2) {   ["val0"]=>   int(3)   ["inner"]=>   
&object(inner)(2) {     ["val1"]=>     int(4)     
["val2"]=>     int(5)   } }

Actual result:
--------------
The final var_dump produces:

object(outer)(2) {   ["val0"]=>   int(3)   ["inner"]=>   
&object(inner)(2) {     ["val1"]=>     int(7)     
["val2"]=>     int(8)   } } 

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 [2004-01-01 20:56 UTC] sniper@php.net
Please provide a bit better script than this.
And what makes you think this isn't expected behaviour?


 [2004-01-06 20:52 UTC] sniper@php.net
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we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
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change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you.


 
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