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<?php $a=['ref'=>&$a]; $a['val']=$a; var_dump($a); //normal, as expected var_dump(unserialize(serialize($a))); //half-arsed
Output for 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4, 8.3.6 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } array(2) { ["ref"]=> &array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> &array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } } }
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0 array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } array(2) { ["ref"]=> &array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> &array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } } }
Output for 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33
array(2) { ["ref"]=> &array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> &array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> *RECURSION* } } } array(2) { ["ref"]=> &array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> &array(2) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* ["val"]=> array(1) { ["ref"]=> *RECURSION* } } } }

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