#18610 [Opn->Csd]: Name Space Issues / Reserved Words

ID: 18610 Updated by: stas@php.net Reported By: ralph@_snarff.net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Linux 2.4.18 PHP Version: 4.2.2 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. However, touching $this is extremely un-recommended anyway. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-13 07:20:27] sander@php.net I think this is a bug - not sure, though. The warning only appears when calling a method from a non-instanciated object/class. <?php class foo { function foo() { echo "foo"; } } $this = "foo"; foo::foo(); // warning ?> Any Zend guru's that can clearify this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-27 18:45:45] ralph@_snarff.net When using a class (more spifically) something like Date/Calc.php supplied with PEAR: When I set a variable named "$this" before calling any class functions, it produces a warning. example: <? include("Date/Calc.php"); $this = "some text"; echo Date_Calc::dateNow("%Y%m%d"); ?> Output: -------- Warning: Problem with method call - please report this bug in <<FILENAME>> on line <<LINENUMBER>> 20020727 -------- As I am not familar with the Zend scripting engine, so this may be a bug in the rendering since it does produce only a warning, yet still operates. But if it is not, then documentation on the word "this" should be located in the documentation in the following places: http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.php#reserved.keywords and again under: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php (where $this is actually used) Thanks, Ralph Schindler ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18610&edit=1