#28966 [NEW]: Session var is overwritten by regular var of same name

From: dgoodman at twentythreeg dot net Operating system: Debian/Linux 2.6.5 PHP version: 4.3.7 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Session var is overwritten by regular var of same name Description: ------------ If I save a variable to $_SESSION, for example $_SESSION['varname'] = 'value', and then assign a value to a normal variable of the same name, $varname = 'value2', then the value of the session variable is overwritten with the second value. This is not an issue of assignment by reference -- I assign values, as shown in the code I have provided. The first time the code is executed, the results are correct on my machine. However, on subsequent executions of the code, the results become incorrect. Reproduce code: --------------- <?PHP session_start(); $_SESSION['var'] = 'Foo'; print 'Session.var = '.$_SESSION['var'].'<BR>'; $var = 'Bar'; print 'var = '.$var.'<BR>'; $var1 = $_SESSION['var']; print 'var1 = '.$var1.'<BR>'; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Session.var = Foo var = Bar var1 = Foo Actual result: -------------- Session.var = Foo var = Bar var1 = Bar -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28966&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28966&r=float