Bug #63847 [NEW]: wrong warning when using in_array() function with specific parameters

From: evil0x3a at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.3.20 Package: Compile Warning Bug Type: Bug Bug description:wrong warning when using in_array() function with specific parameters Description: ------------ in_array() function cannot deal with an array that has been declared in an included script , and the compiler shows ths warning : "PHP Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, null given in ..." Test script: --------------- we have 2 files file 1 ( arrayFile.php ) ---------------------------- <?php $languages = array('en','fr','es','it','ar','in','ru','jp'); ?> ---------------------------- file 2 ( index.php ) ---------------------------- <?php require_once('arrayFile.php'); $language = 'ar'; if(in_array($language,$languages)) { print "200 OK"; } else { print "404 not found"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- i expect that in_array() function returns true while the value of $language is available in $languages directory ! Actual result: -------------- Returns nothing and provides this warning : "PHP Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, null given in ..." -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63847&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63847&r=mysqlcfg