PdoReferenceBindingVariableReuse

warning native on by default

Group: Probable bugs

Detect two distinct PDO markers bound through bindParam to the same scalar local identity, with its value changed between bindings and before execute.

Example

<?php
function bad(PDO $pdo) { $s = $pdo->prepare('SELECT :a, :b'); $v = 0; $s->bindParam(':a', $v); $v = 1; $s->bindParam(':b', $v); $v = 2; $s->execute(); }

Reported:

• line 2: Bind distinct parameters to distinct scalar identities.

Detection

• Report two distinct PDO markers bound through bindParam to the same scalar local identity, with its value changed between bindings and before execute.
• Resolve builtin calls and named arguments before checking the contract. Project-local callees are considered only when their bodies or immutable summaries establish the required facts. The default is enabled, with positive proof required.
• For flow-dependent conditions, require a reachable source-to-use path with no intervening invalidation. Unknown calls, ambiguous aliases, recursion or analysis-budget exhaustion cannot establish definite facts.

Exceptions (no report)

• Separate variables, bindValue, deliberate identical bindings without intervening change, unknown aliases and references escaping invalidate proof.
• Unresolved targets, incomplete required facts, suppressed findings and PHP versions lacking the referenced API or language feature produce no report. User declarations shadowing builtin names are not builtin contracts.

Fix

No automatic fix: copying values at binding time may not preserve the intended first binding.

PHP versions

Apply only on PHP versions supporting the referenced APIs and syntax (within PHP 5.3–8.5). Builtin behavior and argument contracts follow the configured PHP version. Extension-specific calls require resolved extension API symbols; do not treat same-named application functions as extension calls.

Options

None. Enable or disable this rule through normal rule configuration.

Configure

In custos.json:

{
  "rules": {
    "PdoReferenceBindingVariableReuse": {
      "enabled": false
    }
  }
}

Suppress

Before the statement or declaration (or the first statement of the file):

// @custos-ignore PdoReferenceBindingVariableReuse