Bug #75743 [NEW]: ${$<superglobal variable>} inside function does not work

From: works dot devel at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu PHP version: 7.1.12 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:${$<superglobal variable>} inside function does not work Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/reserved.variables.get --- function f() { $var = '_GET'; print_r(${$var}); } f(); Test script: --------------- http://localhost/my-script.php?foo=bar Expected result: ---------------- Array ( foo => bar ) Actual result: -------------- Notice: Undefined variable: _GET in ... -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75743&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75743&r=mysqlcfg