#51099 [NEW]: Variable Variable with $this->

From: William dot McGuire at solacedev dot com Operating system: Win XP PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Variable Variable with $this-> Description: ------------ Consider 2 classes class user class reports extends user user stores public variables such as public $username using $this->username; I want to be able to dynamically say in class reports echo $this->$field where $field = "username", "first_name" etc. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.variables.variable --- class user { public $username; function username() { //queries from db table and gets $this->username = $username; //from table } class reports extends user { function userInfo($gid,$arrFieldstoReport) { parent::__construct($gid) //loop through $arrFieldstoReport echo "username = " . $this->arrFieldstoReport[$i] } } Expected result: ---------------- This should echo the following if $arrFieldstoReport[$i] = "username" echo $this->arrFieldstoReport[$i]; //should echo username = testusername (or any other username depending on what group_id it is on) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=51099&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51099&r=mysqlcfg