Bug #69300 [Opn->Nab]: $GLOBALS always assigned as reference variable.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69300&edit=1 ID: 69300 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: sandeep dot singh dot bisht at gmail dot com Summary: $GLOBALS always assigned as reference variable. -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Testing related Operating System: Ubuntu PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php The manual states: | An associative array containing *references* to all variables | which are currently defined in the global scope of the script. (emphasis mine) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-03-25 19:45:44] sandeep dot singh dot bisht at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/reserved.variables.globals --- Test script: --------------- <?php #--------------------------------------------------------- #---First Normal case(GLOBAL variable assign to local variable) #--------------------------------------------------------- $GLOBALS['abc']='123'; $test1=$GLOBALS; $test1['abc']='1234'; echo $GLOBALS['abc']."\n"; #----------Output is 1234 Expecting 123 #-------------------------------------------------------------------- #---Function test case(Global variable assign into variable inside function) #---------------------------------------------------------------------- test(); echo $GLOBALS['abc']."\n";#-----------Output is 0000 Expecting 123 function test() { $test=$GLOBALS; $test['abc']='0000'; } ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69300&edit=1