#50364 [NEW]: global keyword doesn't work as expected

From: damp12000 at hotmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: global keyword doesn't work as expected Description: ------------ 'global' keyword in a function does not work as expected when an file is included from within a function scope Reproduce code: --------------- file b1.php <? $a = '1'; doInclude(); function doInclude() { require('b2.php'); } ?> file b2.php <? $b = '2'; testGlobalScope(); function testGlobalScope() { global $a,$b; print("$a\n$b\n"); } ?> Expected result: ---------------- 1 2 Actual result: -------------- 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50364&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50364&r=mysqlcfg