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Bug #72215 Wrong return value if var modified in finally
Submitted: 2016-05-13 23:26 UTC Modified: 2016-05-16 09:01 UTC
From: [email protected] Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2016-05-13 23:26 UTC] [email protected] 
Description:
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Should return 1, the unmodified value, but returns 2.

Test script:
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<?php

function test() {
    $a = 1;
    try {
        return $a;
    } finally {
        $a = 2;
    }
}
var_dump(test());

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 [2016-05-16 03:26 UTC] [email protected] 
I think the current way also makes sense, not a big issue here, it depends how we explain it..
 [2016-05-16 09:01 UTC] [email protected] 
@laruence: Yes, it's not entirely unreasonable. But I think it's very odd that "return $a + 1" will use the old value of $a, while "return $a" will use the new one...

This also ties in with our other problems with finally returns (the leak because we can't track liveness ranges, and bug #72216) -- if we fix any of them we'll probably automatically fix everything :)
 [2016-07-13 12:09 UTC] [email protected] 
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Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=3b8cb2119b33ed6b7701d78d32eed63593cf61ff
Log: Fixed bug #72347 (VERIFY_RETURN type casts visible in finally) Fixed bug #72216 (Return by reference with finally is not memory safe) Fixed bug #72215 (Wrong return value if var modified in finally)
 [2016-07-13 12:09 UTC] [email protected]
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 [2016-07-20 11:29 UTC] [email protected] 
Automatic comment on behalf of [email protected]
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=3b8cb2119b33ed6b7701d78d32eed63593cf61ff
Log: Fixed bug #72347 (VERIFY_RETURN type casts visible in finally) Fixed bug #72216 (Return by reference with finally is not memory safe) Fixed bug #72215 (Wrong return value if var modified in finally)
 [2016-10-17 10:11 UTC] [email protected] 
Automatic comment on behalf of [email protected]
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=3b8cb2119b33ed6b7701d78d32eed63593cf61ff
Log: Fixed bug #72347 (VERIFY_RETURN type casts visible in finally) Fixed bug #72216 (Return by reference with finally is not memory safe) Fixed bug #72215 (Wrong return value if var modified in finally)
 
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