Bug #16860: h2 variable is global???

From: hudsonm@steemer.com Operating system: i386-redhat-linux-gnu PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: h2 variable is global??? Passing variables from an html form to a php script, I had a problem with a variable named 'h2'. It would not have the value from the form but would be a 'o' (lowercase o). After looking at my code multiple times I printed out the h2 variable using a script like this. <? PRINT "h1 = $h1<br>"; PRINT "h2 = $h2<br>"; PRINT "h3 = $h3<br><br>"; $h1 = 111; $h2 = 222; $h3 = 333; PRINT "h1 = $h1<br>"; PRINT "h2 = $h2<br>"; PRINT "h3 = $h3<br>"; ?> output from above script ************************************** h1 = h2 = o h3 = h1 = 111 h2 = 222 h3 = 333 Note that h2 has a value that is not assigned. This is constant, it is always a 'o'. Have noticed this on prior versions of PHP (4.0.6,???) that my hosting service has had installed. Thanks Hudson McVay ******************************************************** Build Date Feb 28 2002 Configure Command './configure' '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--with-xml' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-calendar' '--with-curl' '--with-swf=/usr/local/flash' '--enable-ftp' '--with-gd=../gd-1.8.4' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-imap=../imap-2001.BETA.SNAP-0105220031' '--with-ming=../ming-0.1.1' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--with-mysql' '--with-xslt-sablot' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-track-vars' '--with-ttf' '--enable-versioning' '--with-zlib' Server API Apache -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16860&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16860&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16860&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16860&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16860&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16860&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16860&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16860&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16860&r=submittedtwice