Bug #15228 Updated: variable variable spacing

ID: 15228 Updated by: philip@php.net Reported By: philip@cornado.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: n/a PHP Version: 4.0CVS-2002-01-25 New Comment: It's not a bug but it's a little weird, that's all :) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-29 03:56:03] andi@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php This isn't a bug but how PHP has always worked. Changing this behavior isn't really feasible because of the way the parser works. I do suggest however that you use $$foo because the spaces are pretty ugly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-25 17:29:10] yohgaki@php.net Confirmed with ZE2 and ZE1 (PHP4.0.6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-25 17:18:31] philip@cornado.com The following should result in a parse error: $foo = 'bar'; $bar = 'hello'; print $ $foo; // hello print $$foo; // hello Instead, 'hello' is printed both times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15228&edit=1