Bug #70338 [Opn->Nab]: Variable incompatibility with PHP 5.6

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70338&edit=1 ID: 70338 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: craig_carnell at hotmail dot com Summary: Variable incompatibility with PHP 5.6 -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug -Package: Session related +Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: OS X 10.10.5 PHP Version: 7.0.0RC1 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 That is because of the uniform variable syntax implemented as of PHP 7, see <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/uniform_variable_syntax>. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-08-24 11:26:37] craig_carnell at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ There exist an incompatibility with previous working code in PHP 5.6 in Magento CE 1.9.2.1 Test script: --------------- The following code works on PHP 5.6: app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php on line 555 $out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->$callback[1](); It has to be modified to look like this: $this->getBlock($callback[0])->{$callback[1]}(); Expected result: ---------------- Without the change, we get an exception generated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70338&edit=1