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Bug #30587 Array assignment with array_multisort
Submitted: 2004-10-27 20:09 UTC Modified: 2005-02-01 19:29 UTC
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Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: ian_mclaughlin at blueyonder dot co dot uk Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 4.3.9 OS: Win32
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2004-10-27 20:09 UTC] ian_mclaughlin at blueyonder dot co dot uk
Description:
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this code gives the impression that array assignment is actually done by pointer sharing, when it should be done by copying.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
//
$master_A=array(1,2,4,3);
$master_B=array(1,3,2,4);
$A = $master_A;
$B = $master_B;
	echo"<br/>BEFORE MULTISORT";
	echo"<br/>master_A<br/>";
	print_r($master_A);
	echo"<br/>master_B<br/>";
	print_r($master_B);
array_multisort($A, $B); 
	echo"<br/>AFTER MULTISORT";
	echo"<br/>master_A<br/>";
	print_r($master_A);
	echo"<br/>master_B<br/>";
	print_r($master_B);
?>

Expected result:
----------------
BEFORE MULTISORT
master_A
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 4 [3] => 3 )
master_B
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 3 [2] => 2 [3] => 4 )
AFTER MULTISORT
master_A
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 4 [3] => 3 )
master_B
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 3 [2] => 2 [3] => 4 )


Actual result:
--------------
BEFORE MULTISORT
master_A
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 4 [3] => 3 )
master_B
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 3 [2] => 2 [3] => 4 )
AFTER MULTISORT
master_A
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 3 [3] => 4 )
master_B
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 3 [2] => 4 [3] => 2 )

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 [2004-11-16 11:44 UTC] ian_mclaughlin at blueyonder dot co dot uk
Thanks for your response. 

Variables (master_A and master_B) change even though I have performed no operation on them since assignment. All the documentation I can find does not support this behaviour. If this actually is the expected behaviour, please explain why.
 [2004-11-19 17:57 UTC] tony2001@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Yes, I was wrong, sorry.
This is fixed by now.
 
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