FFI::cast() from pointer returns new value instead of reference.

Description

Hi!
I'm also not sure it's a bug, but documentation says: FFI::cast() creates a new FFI\CData object, that references the same C data structure, but is associated with a different type.

The following code:

<?php

$val = FFI::new('char[8]');
FFI::memcpy($val, implode('', range('a', 'h')), 8);

var_dump($val);

$firstInt = FFI::cast('int32_t', $val);
var_dump($firstInt);
$firstInt->cdata = 0;
var_dump($val);

$secondInt = FFI::cast('int32_t', $val + 4);
var_dump($secondInt);
$secondInt->cdata = 0;
var_dump($val);

Resulted in this output:

object(FFI\CData:char[8])#1 (8) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "b"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "c"
  [3]=>
  string(1) "d"
  [4]=>
  string(1) "e"
  [5]=>
  string(1) "f"
  [6]=>
  string(1) "g"
  [7]=>
  string(1) "h"
}
object(FFI\CData:int32_t)#2 (1) {
  ["cdata"]=>
  int(1684234849)
}
object(FFI\CData:char[8])#1 (8) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) ""
  [1]=>
  string(1) ""
  [2]=>
  string(1) ""
  [3]=>
  string(1) ""
  [4]=>
  string(1) "e"
  [5]=>
  string(1) "f"
  [6]=>
  string(1) "g"
  [7]=>
  string(1) "h"
}
object(FFI\CData:int32_t)#4 (1) {
  ["cdata"]=>
  int(721424396)
}
object(FFI\CData:char[8])#1 (8) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) ""
  [1]=>
  string(1) ""
  [2]=>
  string(1) ""
  [3]=>
  string(1) ""
  [4]=>
  string(1) "e"
  [5]=>
  string(1) "f"
  [6]=>
  string(1) "g"
  [7]=>
  string(1) "h"
}

But I expected this output instead:

object(FFI\CData:char[8])#1 (8) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "b"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "c"
  [3]=>
  string(1) "d"
  [4]=>
  string(1) "e"
  [5]=>
  string(1) "f"
  [6]=>
  string(1) "g"
  [7]=>
  string(1) "h"
}
object(FFI\CData:int32_t)#2 (1) {
  ["cdata"]=>
  int(1684234849)
}
object(FFI\CData:char[8])#1 (8) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) ""
  [1]=>
  string(1) ""
  [2]=>
  string(1) ""
  [3]=>
  string(1) ""
  [4]=>
  string(1) "e"
  [5]=>
  string(1) "f"
  [6]=>
  string(1) "g"
  [7]=>
  string(1) "h"
}
object(FFI\CData:int32_t)#4 (1) {
  ["cdata"]=>
  int(721424396)
}
object(FFI\CData:char[8])#1 (8) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) ""
  [1]=>
  string(1) ""
  [2]=>
  string(1) ""
  [3]=>
  string(1) ""
  [4]=>
  string(1) ""
  [5]=>
  string(1) ""
  [6]=>
  string(1) ""
  [7]=>
  string(1) ""
}

PHP Version

PHP 8.1.1

Operating System

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Commencez par exécuter la reproduction fournie de PHP 8.1.1 FFI::cast() et comparez les conversions de pointeurs depuis $val avec celles depuis $val + 4. Examinez ensuite le point d’entrée de FFI::cast() et les tests associés, s’ils existent. Le travail est considéré comme terminé lorsque le comportement documenté de référence partagée est cohérent pour les deux conversions, ou lorsque la documentation reflète clairement le comportement vérifié.