Bug #53750 [NEW]: dynamic variable name problem

From: Operating system: ubuntu PHP version: 5.2.17 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:dynamic variable name problem Description: ------------ example 1: php > $a = new stdclass(); php > $a->arr = array(1,2,3); php > $arr = 'arr'; php > print_r($a->$arr); Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 3 ) php > print_r($a->$arr[0]); php > example 2: php > $arr = array(1,2,3); php > $a = 'arr'; php > print_r($$a); Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 3 ) php > print_r($$a[0]); arr php > print_r($$a[1]); php > Test script: --------------- $a = new stdclass(); $a->arr = array(1,2,3); $arr = 'arr'; print_r($a->$arr); print_r($a->$arr[0]) Expected result: ---------------- cant access array elements with a dynamic variable name. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53750&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53750&r=mysqlcfg