#48879 [NEW]: Numeric Variable Names

From: corrodedmonkee at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu/Windows PHP version: 5.2.10 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: Numeric Variable Names Description: ------------ You can create variables with numeric only names with double dollars. It can be assigned data with double dollar also. It will not throw any errors or warnings. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: language.variables.variable --- <?php $foo = 123; $bar = 456; $$foo = $bar; echo '<pre>'; print_r(get_defined_vars()); ?> Expected result: ---------------- PHP Fatal Error Actual result: -------------- [foo] => 123 [bar] => 456 [123] => 456 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48879&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48879&r=mysqlcfg