Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we
need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce
this bug ourselves. 

A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>,
is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external 
resources such as databases, etc.

If possible, make the script source available online and provide
an URL to it here. Try to avoid embedding huge scripts into the report.

Please provide a more real-life example with expected and actual results.

In the constructor, $this->var gets set to 'rar'.  Output buffering is started using foo::bar as the callback.  I attempt to set $this->var to 'rarar' from outside of the object, which fails because of the output buffering callback method.  The script finishes executing and the callback method is executed, prints $this->var (which is supposed to be set to 'rarar' at this point, but is still just 'rar'), sets $this->var to 'asdf' (successfully), then prints $this->var yet again.

If I attempt to print $foo->var right after I modify it on line #20, it displays exactly what I expect:  'rarar'.

This problem does not exist if I use a callback that is a function, nor does it happen if I start output buffering without a callback and just manually call foo::bar() at the end of the script.  Also, PHP 5 doesn't have this problem, for whatever reason, and performs exactly as I expect.

PHP 5.0.4:
http://www.sketchdiary.com/testcases/buffertest.php
http://www.sketchdiary.com/testcases/viewsource.php?file=buffertest.php

Modified source (forgot 1 line):
<?
class foo {
	var $var = '';
	
	function foo() {
		$this->var = 'rar';
		print 'foo started<hr>';
		ob_start(array(&$this, 'bar'));
	}
	
	function bar() {
		print $this->var . "<br>";
		$this->var = 'asdf';
		print $this->var;
		return ob_get_contents(); // missing line from example
	}
}

$foo = new foo;
$foo->var = 'rarar';
?>

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip

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being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".