#45912 [NEW]: wanted: eval() that works in a separate variable space

From: ganswijk at xs4all dot nl Operating system: irrelevant PHP version: 5.3CVS-2008-08-25 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: wanted: eval() that works in a separate variable space Description: ------------ I'd like a version of eval() that works in a separate environment (variable namespace) so it can't clutter up the main script. Probably it's best to give the name of an environment for example an object/array name as a second argument to eval(), so the programmer can decide if two successive calls of eval should work on the same or separate environments. There is probably no problem with the main program having access to the namespaces of the eval() calls. For example (assuming that the separate environment is just an object/array in the main program): $a=1; eval('$a=2;',$environment1); echo $a; //shows 1 echo $environment1.a; //shows 2 eval('echo $a;',$environment1); //shows 2 eval('echo $a;',$environment2); //shows nothing or undefined -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45912&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45912&r=mysqlcfg