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ID: 54408 Comment by: blacknot at gmail dot com Reported by: hitchiker at mail dot ru Summary: Unexpected behaviour when using by-reference iteration Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Arrays related Operating System: Win 7 x64, 2.6.18 PHP Version: 5.3.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I have similar problem: $tags = array('iphone', 'apple', 'iPhone 4'); foreach ($tags as &$v) $v = trim($v); $tags2 = $tags; foreach ($tags2 as &$a) $a = '*'; print_r($tags); Result: Array ( [0] => iphone [1] => apple [2] => * ) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-04-08 13:10:27] hitchiker at mail dot ru I was sure that arrays are passed to functions by value, not by reference. It looks like by-reference iteration changes array not only isnide foreach statement, but array remains changed even after iteration. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-03-28 14:35:20] hitchiker at mail dot ru Description: ------------ I was sure that arrays are passed to functions by value, not by reference. It looks like after by-reference iteration changes array not only isnide foreach statement, but array remains changed even after iteration. Test script: --------------- <?php $a = array(1,2,3,4); function myf($a,$k){ $a[$k] = 9; } foreach ($a as $k => &$v) { myf($a, $k); } //myf($a, 3); var_dump($a); die(); Expected result: ---------------- array 0 => int 1 1 => int 2 2 => int 3 3 => int 4 Actual result: -------------- array 0 => int 9 1 => int 9 2 => int 9 3 => &int 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54408&edit=1