Bug #52428 [Com]: $this isn't immutable

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52428&edit=1 ID: 52428 Comment by: tyra3l at gmail dot com Reported by: tyra3l at gmail dot com Summary: $this isn't immutable Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: all PHP Version: 5.3.3 Block user comment: N New Comment: There was some reason for this check to be placed. My problem with this behaviour that the $bar = 'baz'; should work the same as $foo='bar';$$foo = 'baz'; and same for the $foo vs $GLOBALS['foo'] Tyrael Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-26 11:20:33] degeberg@php.net @dagdamor10: This has nothing to do with exploits at all. It poses no security risk being able to modify the $this variable by circumventing the simple check that is implemented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-26 10:51:25] tyra3l at gmail dot com "what about abolishing everything related to safe_mode" safe_mode has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0. and will be removed with the next major php version. Tyrael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-26 10:32:24] dagdamor10 at mail dot ru >> If you want you can shoot yourself in your head. Okay, that was plain rude. PHP *should* protect websites from possible exploits, what about abolishing everything related to safe_mode, allowed paths and such? To make a good site, people need good programming language... and good programming language should be accurate in range-checking, resource-protecting etc, instead of leaving all that to every programmer who decide to use it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-25 18:50:52] tyra3l at gmail dot com Thanks for the clarification. Did I something wrong in the report, or you just copypasted the "Thank you for taking the time to write to us..." part of your comment? Maybe it would be a good thing to add this conclusion to the documentation (reassigning this isn't allowed, because ..., if you try it, it will give you an error "Cannot re-assign this..." [if you really need this, you can do...]) Tyrael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-25 18:39:17] johannes@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 We prevent from mistakes, we don't prevent people from hurting them purposely. If you want you can shoot yourself in your head. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52428 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52428&edit=1