#38317 [WFx]: "cannot reassign $this" outside object scope

ID: 38317 User updated by: giunta dot gaetano at sea-aeroportimilano dot it Reported By: giunta dot gaetano at sea-aeroportimilano dot it Status: Wont fix Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: windows 2000 PHP Version: 5.1.4 New Comment: That's just what I was afraid of (hence my asking for it). I hoped that the engine would be smarter than that, and figure out the error 'just in time', ie. checking out the scope when finding the assignment and only flagging it as error when inside a class method... BTW: maybe it should be marked mopre clearly in the manual? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-08-03 17:27:47] tony2001@php.net This is a real necessity, since you can do <?php class test { function foo () { include "test.php"; }} ?> and reassign $this in test.php. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-08-03 17:03:15] giunta dot gaetano at sea-aeroportimilano dot it Description: ------------ It seems like php 5.1.4 does not like an assignment to variable '$this', regardless of the scope: - objet method - function - global Is this a real necessity or just a plain old bug??? Reproduce code: --------------- <?php function that($it){ $this = ''; } ?> or <?php $this = ''; ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38317&edit=1