--TEST-- Bug #42976 (Crash when constructor for newInstance() or newInstanceArgs() fails) --FILE-- <?php Class C { function __construct(&$x) { $x = "x.changed"; } } $x = "x.original"; new C($x); // OK var_dump($x); $rc = new ReflectionClass('C'); $x = "x.original"; $rc->newInstance($x); // causes crash var_dump($x); $x = "x.original"; $rc->newInstanceArgs(array($x)); // causes crash var_dump($x); echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECTF-- string(9) "x.changed" Warning: Invocation of C's constructor failed in %s/bug42976.php on line %d string(10) "x.original" Warning: Invocation of C's constructor failed in %s/bug42976.php on line %d string(10) "x.original" Done