--TEST-- Cyclic array test 2 --INI-- report_memleaks=0 --SKIPIF-- &$b); $b = array(1, 2, $a); /* all three statements below should produce same output however PHP stock * unserialize/serialize produces different output (5.2.16). I consider this is * a PHP bug. - Oleg Grenrus */ /* NOTE: This is different in php 8 because igbinary_unserialize() is declared to return a reference, not a value */ //$k = $a; //$k = unserialize(serialize($a)); $k = igbinary_unserialize(igbinary_serialize($a)); function check($a, $k) { ob_start(); var_dump($a); $a_str = ob_get_clean(); ob_start(); var_dump($k); $k_str = ob_get_clean(); if ($a_str !== $k_str) { echo "Output differs\n"; echo "Expected:\n", $a_str, "\n"; echo "Actual:\n", $k_str, "\n"; } else { echo "OK\n"; } } check($a, $k); $a["foo"][2]["foo"][1] = "b"; $k["foo"][2]["foo"][1] = "b"; check($a, $k); ?> --EXPECT-- Output differs Expected: array(1) { ["foo"]=> &array(3) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(2) [2]=> *RECURSION* } } Actual: array(1) { ["foo"]=> &array(3) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(2) [2]=> array(1) { ["foo"]=> *RECURSION* } } } OK