#49940 [NEW]: Variable variables don't work with multi-arrays

From: contact at piry dot net Operating system: Vista PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: Variable variables don't work with multi-arrays Description: ------------ The Variable variables in PHP don't work properly with multi-arrays. You should be able to display the value from an array key by joining the multi-array variable and the keys. Reproduce code: --------------- $results['rss']['channel']['item'][0]['title'] = "Hello there"; $a = "results"; $b = "['rss']['channel']['item'][0]['title']"; echo ${$a.$b}; Expected result: ---------------- I expect it to display "Hello there"; Actual result: -------------- Undefined variable: results['rss']['channel']['item'][0]['title'] -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49940&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49940&r=mysqlcfg