#34698 [NEW]: bug with superglobal variables by name

From: andrius dot steponavicius at gmail dot com Operating system: win32 PHP version: 4.4.0 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: bug with superglobal variables by name Description: ------------ There is a bug while accessing superglobal variables by they names inside functions or methods... Reproduce code: --------------- function test() { var_dump($_REQUEST); var_dump(${'_REQUEST'}); $temp = '_REQUEST'; var_dump(${$temp}); } test(); Expected result: ---------------- array(...){...} array(...){...} array(...){...} Actual result: -------------- array(...){...} array(...){...} Notice: Undefined variable: _REQUEST in ... null -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34698&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34698&r=mysqlcfg