1--TEST-- 2json_encode() & endless loop - 1 3--SKIPIF-- 4<?php if (!extension_loaded("json")) print "skip"; ?> 5--FILE-- 6<?php 7 8$a = array(); 9$a[] = &$a; 10 11var_dump($a); 12 13echo "\n"; 14 15var_dump(json_encode($a)); 16var_dump(json_last_error(), json_last_error_msg()); 17 18echo "\n"; 19 20var_dump(json_encode($a, JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR)); 21var_dump(json_last_error(), json_last_error_msg()); 22 23echo "Done\n"; 24?> 25--EXPECTF-- 26array(1) { 27 [0]=> 28 &array(1) { 29 [0]=> 30 *RECURSION* 31 } 32} 33 34bool(false) 35int(6) 36string(%d) "Recursion detected" 37 38string(8) "[[null]]" 39int(6) 40string(%d) "Recursion detected" 41Done 42