Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63318&edit=1
ID: 63318 Updated by: cataphr...@php.net Reported by: wojtek77 at o2 dot pl Summary: problem with function & reference -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Arrays related Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Not a bug; see http://php.net/manual/en/language.references.whatdo.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-10-20 14:41:30] wojtek77 at o2 dot pl Description: ------------ A variable which is an array pass to function as value but this variable behaves as pass by reference. Test script: --------------- /* * an argument $bar pass to function by value not by reference */ function foo($bar) { $bar[0] = 'error'; } /* * any array variable */ $bar[0] = 'OK'; print_r($bar); echo '<br />'; /* * it will causes an error in function foo() * create any reference to value of array */ $any_reference = & $bar[0]; /* * although the argument $bar pass to function by value * it behaves as argument $bar pass to funkction by reference */ foo($bar); print_r($bar); echo '<br />'; Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [0] => OK ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => error ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63318&edit=1
