#23675 [Opn->Bgs]: Autoglobals are not accessible through a variable variable

ID: 23675 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: vma1 at abv dot bg -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: Slackware 9 PHP Version: 5CVS-2003-05-17 (dev) 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 Read from "http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php#language.variables.predefined" (found by typing "superglobals" in our manual search box): Variable variables: Superglobals cannot be used as variable variables. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-05-17 19:45:01] vma1 at abv dot bg <? abc123 (); function abc123 () { $name = "_SERVER"; printf ("%s<br>", ${$name}["SERVER_NAME"]); } ?> The _SERVER autoglobal array is not accessible through a variable variable. The above script gives the following error: Notice: Undefined variable: _SERVER in /usr/local/apache/site/htdocs/zzz.php on line 7 When the _SERVER array is accessed directly (not through a variable variable) everything works correctly. Here is the configure line: ./configure --with-pgsql --with-apache=../apache-1.3 --enable-track-vars --with-pfpro=/usr/local/src/payflowpro/linux --with-imap=/usr/local/src/imap-2003.DEV.SNAP-0304071905 --with-imap-ssl=/usr/include/openssl --without-pear ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23675&edit=1