#34226 [NEW]: global keyword will not work

From: nickvd at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux/Ubuntu 5.04 PHP version: 5.0.4 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: global keyword will not work Description: ------------ The keyword 'global' as in global $var; fails to globalize variables, when used inside a function, the variable remains NULL. I am using Xampp (php/apache/ftp/etc all in one package), so i did not compile php myself the url for xampp is: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html Reproduce code: --------------- class meh { function bah(){ echo "whoo?"; } } $moo = new meh(); function meee(){ global $moo; $moo->bah(); } meee(); Expected result: ---------------- "whoo?" Actual result: -------------- "Fatal error: Call to a member function bah() on a non-object in /var/www/blahblahblah.php on line huh?" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34226&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34226&r=mysqlcfg