Bug #68595 [NEW]: variable variables scope problem in for loops

From: jmichae3 at yahoo dot com Operating system: windows 7 sp1 x64 PHP version: 5.5.19 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:variable variables scope problem in for loops Description: ------------ global keyword doesn't work in for loops because of scope issues I guess. causes a problem with my code, which wants to generate a collection of variable variables. I must manual,ly declare them all rather than iterating through the loop. the variable variables generated for stats are: $VISITORfilecount $VISITORfoldercount $VISITORhttpcount $ADMINfilecount $ADMINfoldercount $ADMINhttpcount $PAIDWEBAPPSfilecount $PAIDWEBAPPSfoldercount $PAIDWEBAPPShttpcount ... you COULD generate them using a nested for loop, which might be next. theoretically. but it doesn't work practically. because of scope problems, code fails in the Report() function and variable is invisible unless you have the line global ${'VISITORfilecount'}; in the code (as in the example), normally this would not be in my code, because the list of VISITOR... changes with the web sites I configure for in the config file in which this resides - manually globalling is unnecessary. Test script: --------------- http://pastebin.com/vbr3TAq6 Expected result: ---------------- December 12, 2014 ADMINfoldercount=0 ADMINhttpcount=0 ADMINfilecount=0 PAIDBLSfoldercount=0 PAIDBLShttpcount=0 PAIDBLSfilecount=0 PAIDMUSICfoldercount=0 PAIDMUSIChttpcount=0 PAIDMUSICfilecount=0 PAIDWEBAPPSfoldercount=0 PAIDWEBAPPShttpcount=0 PAIDWEBAPPSfilecount=0 VISITORfoldercount=0 VISITORhttpcount=0 VISITORfilecount=1 skipped file count: total file count: 1 total folder count: 0 total count including http: 1 Peak Ram Usage: 364488 Total Filesize in menu tree: 0 RAM/Filesize ratio:20.089731576917 Actual result: -------------- without the manual global line: December 12, 2014 ADMINfoldercount=0 ADMINhttpcount=0 ADMINfilecount=0 PAIDBLSfoldercount=0 PAIDBLShttpcount=0 PAIDBLSfilecount=0 PAIDMUSICfoldercount=0 PAIDMUSIChttpcount=0 PAIDMUSICfilecount=0 PAIDWEBAPPSfoldercount=0 PAIDWEBAPPShttpcount=0 PAIDWEBAPPSfilecount=0 VISITORfoldercount=0 VISITORhttpcount=0 VISITORfilecount=0 skipped file count: total file count: 0 total folder count: 0 total count including http: 0 Peak Ram Usage: 364488 Total Filesize in menu tree: 0 RAM/Filesize ratio:20.089731576917 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68595&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68595&r=mysqlcfg