Bug #75184 [NEW]: A $GLOBAL variable is magically modified

From: hdfou at yahoo dot fr Operating system: windows 10 PHP version: 7.0.23 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:A $GLOBAL variable is magically modified Description: ------------ A $GLOBALS value is updated and should not be updated. Test script: --------------- $GLOBALS['availableLanguages'] = array( 'fr' => array( 'n' => 'Français' ) , 'en' => array( 'n' => 'English' ) ); $GLOBALS['lang']='fr'; echo 'At the biginning, $GLOBALS[\'lang\']=' . $GLOBALS['lang'] . '<br />' ; foreach( $GLOBALS['availableLanguages'] as $lang => $value){ echo '$lang=' . $lang . '<br />'; } // nowhere $GLOBALS['lang'] has been changed by the script but at the end // $GLOBALS['lang'] = "en" instead of "fr". echo '<br />$GLOBALS[\'lang\']="' . $GLOBALS['lang'] . '" ' . ($GLOBALS['lang']=='en' ? '<b style="color:red;">THIS SHOULD BE "fr"</b>' : '<b style="color:green;">OK</b>' ) ; exit(); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75184&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75184&r=mysqlcfg