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Bug #71999 Array references inside switch regression
Submitted: 2016-04-09 20:48 UTC Modified: 2016-04-09 23:01 UTC
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Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: albertcasademont at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 7.0.5 OS: Debian 8.5
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2016-04-09 20:48 UTC] albertcasademont at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
In PHP 7.0.4 the script below worked correctly, the result was TRUE. It's not the case in PHP 7.0.5 it seems that the reference inside the switch and case statements is not working correctly.

Test script:
---------------
<?php

function bar(&$b)
{
    switch ($b) {
        case 'bar':
            $b = null;
    }
}

$a = ['foo' => 'bar'];

bar($a['foo']);

var_dump(null === $a['foo']);

Expected result:
----------------
bool(true)

Actual result:
--------------
bool(false)

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 [2016-04-09 20:50 UTC] albertcasademont at gmail dot com
You can also check it here

https://3v4l.org/5dWuf
 [2016-04-09 23:01 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Duplicate
 [2016-04-09 23:01 UTC] nikic@php.net
Duplicate of bug #71914. This will be fixed in PHP 7.0.6.
 
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