Bug #51533 [Opn]: [recursive reference In Array] Nesting level too deep

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51533&edit=1

 ID:               51533
 User updated by:  neel dot basu dot z at gmail dot com
 Reported by:      neel dot basu dot z at gmail dot com
 Summary:          [recursive reference In Array] Nesting level too deep
 Status:           Open
 Type:             Bug
 Package:          Scripting Engine problem
 Operating System: Linux
 PHP Version:      5.3.2

 New Comment:

**If It is not a Bug then Recursive Reference Detection is IMPOSSIBLE in
PHP.
cause spl_object_hash() doesn't work on array or scaler types.


Previous Comments:
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[2010-04-11 19:35:59] neel dot basu dot z at gmail dot com

Description:
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When there is recursive reference in an array comparison yields Fatal
Error.
Both == and === operators yields the same.

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If It is not a Bug then Recursion Detection is IMPOSSIBLE in PHP.
cause spl_object_hash() doesn't work on array or scaler types.

Test script:
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<?php
error_reporting(255);
ini_set('display_errors','On');
header('Content-Type: text/plain');

$a = array();
$a[0] = &$a;
var_dump($a === $a[0]);
var_dump($a == $a[0]);

?>


Expected result:
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boolean true or false

Actual result:
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Fatal error: Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency? in
/Server/http/php-bugs/nesting.php on line 8


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