# Another Interesting Reference Issue - Thread: https://externals.io/message/16300 - Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/16300 - Started by Derick Rethans on 2005-05-27T12:20:58+00:00 - Messages: 2 - Reply by email to internals@lists.php.net - More for agents: search with https://externals.io/search.md?q={query} · JSON API at https://externals.io/api · documentation at https://externals.io/llms.txt --- ## #16300 — Derick Rethans — 2005-05-27T12:20:58+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/16300#16300 Hello, I encountered a strange increase of the refcount with the following script: 'one', 2 => 'two', 3 => 'three' ); function &find_node($key, &$node) { xdebug_debug_zval('node'); $item =& $node[$key]; return $item; } $node =& find_node(3, $tree); $node = 'drie'; The xdebug_debug_zval() function looks up the given symbol in the symbol table, and it prints it's refcount/is_ref value too (unlike the `debug_zval_dump()` function available in PHP which actually modifies those values). Logically you expect the refcount of $node to be 2 (once through the global var $tree, and once as local variable $node. But the refcount actually seems to be 3. I've been tracing things in the engine and found the following places where the refcount of this variable is modified (file/line nos are from php 5.0-dev): Old value = 1 New value = 2 zend_send_ref_handler (execute_data=0xbfffd410, opline=0x85f5440, op_array=0x85f0b64) at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:3077 3077 zend_ptr_stack_push(&EG(argument_stack), varptr); (gdb) bt #0 zend_send_ref_handler (execute_data=0xbfffd410, opline=0x85f5440, op_array=0x85f0b64) at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:3077 #1 0x0831de66 in execute (op_array=0x85f0b64) at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:1415 Old value = 2 New value = 3 0x0831c192 in zend_assign_to_variable_reference (result=0x0, variable_ptr_ptr=0x85f74c8, value_ptr_ptr=0x85e4b8c, Ts=0x0) at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:262 262 value_ptr->refcount++; (gdb) bt #0 0x0831c192 in zend_assign_to_variable_reference (result=0x0, variable_ptr_ptr=0x85f74c8, value_ptr_ptr=0x85e4b8c, Ts=0x0) at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:262 #1 0x083227d7 in zend_recv_handler (execute_data=0xbfffd1a0, opline=0x85f63bc, op_array=0x85f7a18) at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:3109 #2 0x0831de66 in execute (op_array=0x85f7a18) at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:1415 It does not matter if it's passed by reference or not - the value is always 3 inside the function. What is the reason for this? regards, Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org --- ## #16301 — Dmitry Stogov — 2005-05-27T13:06:53+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/16300#16301 · In reply to: #16300 Hi Derick, One for global $tree. One for stack. One for local $node. = 3 What is wrong? Thanks. Dmitry. > -----Original Message----- > From: Derick Rethans [mailto:derick@derickrethans.nl] > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:21 PM > To: dmitry@zend.com > Cc: Marcus Brg; Andi Gutmans; PHP Developers Mailing List > Subject: Another Interesting Reference Issue > > > Hello, > > I encountered a strange increase of the refcount with the following > script: > > error_reporting(E_ALL); > $tree = array ( > 1 => 'one', > 2 => 'two', > 3 => 'three' > ); > > function &find_node($key, &$node) > { > xdebug_debug_zval('node'); > $item =& $node[$key]; > return $item; > } > > $node =& find_node(3, $tree); > $node = 'drie'; > > The xdebug_debug_zval() function looks up the given symbol in > the symbol > table, and it prints it's refcount/is_ref value too (unlike the > `debug_zval_dump()` function available in PHP which actually modifies > those values). Logically you expect the refcount of $node to > be 2 (once > through the global var $tree, and once as local variable > $node. But the > refcount actually seems to be 3. > > I've been tracing things in the engine and found the following places > where the refcount of this variable is modified (file/line > nos are from > php 5.0-dev): > > Old value = 1 > New value = 2 > zend_send_ref_handler (execute_data=0xbfffd410, > opline=0x85f5440, op_array=0x85f0b64) at > /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:3077 > 3077 zend_ptr_stack_push(&EG(argument_stack), varptr); > (gdb) bt > #0 zend_send_ref_handler (execute_data=0xbfffd410, > opline=0x85f5440, op_array=0x85f0b64) > at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:3077 > #1 0x0831de66 in execute (op_array=0x85f0b64) at > /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:1415 > > > Old value = 2 > New value = 3 > 0x0831c192 in zend_assign_to_variable_reference (result=0x0, > variable_ptr_ptr=0x85f74c8, value_ptr_ptr=0x85e4b8c, Ts=0x0) > at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:262 > 262 value_ptr->refcount++; > (gdb) bt > #0 0x0831c192 in zend_assign_to_variable_reference > (result=0x0, variable_ptr_ptr=0x85f74c8, > value_ptr_ptr=0x85e4b8c, Ts=0x0) > at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:262 > #1 0x083227d7 in zend_recv_handler (execute_data=0xbfffd1a0, > opline=0x85f63bc, op_array=0x85f7a18) > at /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:3109 > #2 0x0831de66 in execute (op_array=0x85f7a18) at > /dat/dev/php/php-5.0dev/Zend/zend_execute.c:1415 > > It does not matter if it's passed by reference or not - the value is > always 3 inside the function. What is the reason for this? > > regards, > Derick > > -- > Derick Rethans > http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org