Req #52593 [NEW]: Getting scope variables of the caller function

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.2.14 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Getting scope variables of the caller function Description: ------------ In bug #48290 was the function get_caller_vars() suggested. But in that case it was irrelevant. However do I seek such a function. get_defined_vars() returns the vars in the current scope. As do i like to get the variables of the caller routine. This would allow me to use parameters from a subroutine without having to refactor another parameter being get_defined_vars() as this would obviously uglify my code, which would impeach the reason to refactor in the first place. Test script: --------------- function a() { $test = 'A'; b(); } function b() { $test = 'B'; $vars_local = get_defined_vars(); $vars_caller = get_caller_vars(); echo $vars_caller['test']; // Expexted: A echo $vars_local['test']; // Expected: B } a(); Expected result: ---------------- A B Actual result: -------------- such a function does not exist -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52593&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52593&r=mysqlcfg