#31260 [NEW]: Not work constraction of "variable of variable"

From: sverel at mail dot ru Operating system: Windows XP build 2600 (SP2) PHP version: 4.3.8 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Not work constraction of "variable of variable" Description: ------------ ------ Reproduce code: --------------- Not working: <?php $G= 'GLOBALS'; print "${$G}".'<HR>'; /* printing "Notice: Undefined variable: GLOBALS in C:\http\globals.php on line 22" */ print "${$G}<HR>"; /* printing "Notice: Undefined variable: GLOBALS in C:\http\globals.php on line 23" */ // print $GLOBALS.'<HR>'; ?> Working: <?php $G= 'GLOBALS'; print "${$G}".'<HR>'; // printing "Array" print "${$G}<HR>"; // printing "Array" print $GLOBALS.'<HR>'; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Notice: Undefined variable: GLOBALS in C:\http\globals.php on line 23 Actual result: -------------- Array -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31260&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31260&r=mysqlcfg