#38527 [NEW]: Allow using superglobals as variable-variables
| From: | phpbugs at thequod dot de | Date: | Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:27:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | #38527 [NEW]: Allow using superglobals as variable-variables | ||
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From: phpbugs at thequod dot de
Operating system: Ubuntu Linux
PHP version: 5CVS-2006-08-20 (CVS)
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Allow using superglobals as variable-variables
Description:
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The superglobals cannot get used as "variable-variables"
in a function.
This is documented here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php
Therefor this is a feature request, to change this.
Reproduce code:
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$g = '_GET';
var_dump( $$g );
function f() {
$g = "_GET";
var_dump($$g);
}
f();
Expected result:
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array(0) {
}
array(0) {
}
Actual result:
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array(0) {
}
Notice: Undefined variable: _GET in X
NULL
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