Bug #16207 Updated: var referencing doesnt work on global vars?

ID: 16207 Updated by: mfischer@php.net Reported By: vedad@kajtaz.net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: linux 2.2.20 PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: That's a limitation of the engine. 'global'ized variables inside function are in fact references to the global variable. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-21 12:57:51] vedad@kajtaz.net Hello, Using references from and to global vars inside a function doesnt seem to work. Try this out: ---->8----->8----->8----->8- <? function SomeFunction() { global $a, $b, $c; $d = array(1, 2, 3); $a = $d; $b = &$a; $c = &$a; } SomeFunction(); ?><pre>a:<br><?print_r($a)?></pre><hr><? ?><pre>b:<br><?print_r($b)?></pre><hr><? ?><pre>c:<br><?print_r($c)?></pre><hr><? // end ?> ---->8----->8----->8----->8- Logically, $b and $c should be references to $a, but they seem to be empty vars! Thanks, -- vedad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16207&edit=1