Bug #17974: setcookie with a variable in name don't work

From: obeaudet@videotron.ca Operating system: win32 PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: setcookie with a variable in name don't work I tried this command $toto = "Temp"; setcookie("$toto[firstname]",$firstname); and the cookie was not set but if I write this setcookie("Temp[$toto]",$firstname); it work I found a workaround with this command setcookie(setval($toto) . "[firstname]", $firstname); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17974&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17974&r=globals