#29702 [Opn->Bgs]: $a=$GLOBALS works as $a=&$GLOBALS

ID: 29702 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: andrea dot busia at axis-sv dot it -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Win / Linux PHP Version: 5.0.1 New Comment: It's explained just fine and there is NO bug here, please consult the mailinglists for help (otherwise called "support"). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-16 16:26:38] andrea dot busia at axis-sv dot it I'm not asking support, I'm saying that this behaviour isn't written in the documentation and this is a problem! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-16 14:49:42] derick@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Thank you for your interest in PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-16 14:43:45] andrea dot busia at axis-sv dot it I see the manual page but I don't see anywhere that I cannot COPY $GLOBALS content to an other variable. Andrea Busia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-16 14:33:31] derick@php.net http://no2.php.net/reserved.variables read the section on $GLOBALS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-16 12:28:03] andrea dot busia at axis-sv dot it BTW: Even if I try to use array_diff_assoc to have a "COPY" of $GLOBALS the script gives me the same result. I thing this is a very big problem without a "array_copy" function. I tried: <? $xml=array("aaa", "bbb", "ccc"); foo(); function foo() { var_dump($GLOBALS["xml"]); $ar=array_diff_assoc($GLOBALS, array()); unset($ar['xml']); var_dump($GLOBALS["xml"]); } ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/29702 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29702&edit=1