#38833 [NEW]: $_SESSION looses its ability to set session variables

From: php at arcannon dot com Operating system: Fedora Core 5 PHP version: 5CVS-2006-09-14 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: $_SESSION looses its ability to set session variables Description: ------------ $_SESSION looses its ability to set session variables when I do $anythinghere = $_SESSION; This only happens when register_long_arrays = Off Reproduce code: --------------- <? // Bug with Sessions ? // PHP Version 5.1.5 // Operating System: Fedora Core 5 // Only happens when register_long_arrays = Off session_start(); echo "session_id: ".session_id()."<br />"; if(!array_key_exists('counter',$_SESSION)) { $_SESSION['counter'] = 0; } $anythinghere = $_SESSION; echo $_SESSION['counter']; // Play with commenting out these 2 lines and refreshing your page. // $anythinghere['counter']++; $_SESSION['counter']++; ?> Expected result: ---------------- I expect that the session counter to increment on a page reload, but it does not. Actual result: -------------- The session counter does not increment. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38833&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38833&r=mysqlcfg