From: Operating system: All PHP version: 5.3.5 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:__set Doesn't Allow Pass By Reference (Even On Objects) And Isn't Called On Ref
Description: ------------ When using __set($strProp, &$strValue), you are given the error: Method foo::__set() cannot take arguments by reference If, you use $obj->property =& $that it will not call __set at all, but rather auto-create 'property'; Not a major issue, but at the least the __set not being called may need to be fixed. Test script: --------------- class foo { private $var = NULL; function __set($strProp, $strValue) { var_dump('here'); unset($strValue); } } class bar { var $that = 'that'; } error_reporting(E_STRICT); $that = 'that'; $foo = new foo(); $foo->Property =& $that; var_dump($foo->Property); var_dump($that); $bar = new bar(); $foo->Property =& $bar; var_dump($bar); Expected result: ---------------- string(4) "here" undefined variable: $bar Actual result: -------------- string(4) "that" object(bar)#7 (1) { ["that"]=> string(4) "that" } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53770&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53770&r=mysqlcfg