From: ahmetdevel at umich dot edu Operating system: windows8 PHP version: 5.4.10 Package: Compile Warning Bug Type: Bug Bug description:assignment in function call argument does not workaround reference limitation
Description: ------------ Introducing a dummy variable assignment in function arguments where a reference is expected should be a reasonable workaround for the limitation that only variables can be passed as reference. But, it causes a StrictStandards warning. Separating it into two statements: $dummy=0; foo($dummy); of course works. Test script: --------------- <? function foo(&$a){ } foo($dummy=0); Expected result: ---------------- No warning. Actual result: -------------- Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in .. on line 4 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63994&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63994&r=mysqlcfg