#26662 [Ver->Bgs]: Inconsistency in variable setting allows variables that start with numbers
ID: 26662
Updated by: iliaa@php.net
Reported By: alindeman@php.net
-Status: Verified
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-12-18 (stable)
New Comment:
Please do not submit the same bug more than once. An existing
bug report already describes this very problem. Even if you feel
that your issue is somewhat different, the resolution is likely
to be the same.
Thank you for your interest in PHP.
Dupe of bug #26601 which is marked won't fix.
Previous Comments:
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[2003-12-18 21:29:16] davey@php.net
Verified on PHP5b2, FreeBSD 4.4.
PHP4 Snapshot on FreeBSD 4.4 yields this:
[davey@omestre:~/php4-STABLE-200312190030/sapi/cli]$ ./php -r '${1} =
"foo"; echo ${1}, "\n";'
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Running the script on Win32 PHP4 snapshot (same one) gives an
"Application Error".
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[2003-12-18 21:25:21] john@php.net
Confirmed this bug is in PHP 5 B3RC1 as well. It gets worse, you can
put whatever you want in ${} and it'll take it just fine...
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[2003-12-18 21:06:52] alindeman@php.net
Description:
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It is possible to set variables that start with numbers.
I reproduced this with a PHP 4.3.x-dev snapshot AND PHP 5.0.0b2 (I was
unable to get a snap to compile. autoconf errors out the wazoo).
Reproduce code:
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andrew@laptop cli $ ./php -r '${1} = "foo"; echo ${1}, "\n";'
foo
Expected result:
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A parse error
Actual result:
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Outputs 'foo'
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