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Bug #40111 call-time pass by reference is either ambiguous or wrong.
Submitted: 2007-01-12 16:57 UTC Modified: 2007-01-15 10:04 UTC
From: colder@php.net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.0 OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2007-01-12 16:57 UTC] colder@php.net
Description:
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"Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If ..."

But the argument is still passed by reference.

I believe the error message doesn't reflect the way it works and should for that reason be updated.

The modification I propose can be found here:

http://patches.colder.ch/zend_compile-1.647.2.27.2.26.patch?markup


Reproduce code:
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function foo(&$a){$a++;}; 
function bar($a){$a++;} 
$val1 = 1; foo(&$val1); echo $val1."\n"; //2
$val2 = 1; bar(&$val2); echo $val2; //2


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 [2007-01-15 10:04 UTC] tony2001@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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