Bug #79647 [NEW]: Conflict between $GLOBALS["now"] and $now

From: murray at focus-computing dot com dot au Operating system: All PHP version: 7.3.18 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Conflict between $GLOBALS["now"] and $now Description: ------------ A value is assigned to $GLOBALS["now"], however this is removed when a value is assigned to $now, as in the example below Test script: --------------- $GLOBALS["now"] = time(); print "Year is " . strftime("%Y", $GLOBALS["now"]) . "\n"; $now = new DateTime("now"); print "Year is " . strftime("%Y", $GLOBALS["now"]) . "\n"; Expected result: ---------------- Year is 2020 Year is 2020 Actual result: -------------- Year is 2020 <br /> <b>Warning</b>: strftime() expects parameter 2 to be int, object given in <b>[...][...]</b> on line <b>10</b><br /> Year is -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79647&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79647&r=mysqlcfg