#31401 [NEW]: corrupted $_SESSION variable

From: mleon at scientificinformatics dot com Operating system: Linux (Mandrake 10.0) PHP version: 4.3.8 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: corrupted $_SESSION variable Description: ------------ After using $_SESSION['i'] as an argument to file_get_contents(), $_SESSION['i'] value is replaced by the file loaded with file_get_contents() Reproduce code: --------------- session_start(); $_SESSION['temppdf']="reports/processed/temp-33689592941d9fbfcca184.pdf"; echo "<br>SESSION['temppdf']: ".$_SESSION['temppdf']; $temppdf = file_get_contents($_SESSION['temppdf']); echo "<br>SESSION['temppdf']: ".$_SESSION['temppdf']; Expected result: ---------------- SESSION['temppdf']: reports/processed/temp-33689592941d9fbfcca184.pdf SESSION['temppdf']: reports/processed/temp-33689592941d9fbfcca184.pdf Actual result: -------------- SESSION['temppdf']: reports/processed/temp-33689592941d9fbfcca184.pdf SESSION['temppdf']: %PDF-1.4 3 0 obj <> endobj 4 0 obj <> stream xœ¥VM‹Ü0 ½Ï¯ÐqZ­%[–............... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31401&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31401&r=mysqlcfg