From: jw at coffeecup dot com Operating system: OS X PHP version: 5.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Foreach Referencing Problem
Description: ------------ I get a syntax error when I cast the array_expression portion of a foreach loop to an array while using the & operator on the value portion. Reproduce code: --------------- $arr = array(1, 2, 3, 4); foreach ((array)$arr as &$value) { $value = $value * 2; } print_r($arr); Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [0] => 2 [1] => 4 [2] => 6 [3] => 8 ) Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '&', expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42384&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42384&r=mysqlcfg