#34943 [NEW]: when saving $_SESSION to new variable it stops working

From: acecream at ctgmusic dot com Operating system: windows xp PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: when saving $_SESSION to new variable it stops working Description: ------------ When i save $_SESSION to some local variable then afterwards what ever i put into $_SESSION has no affect on next page load, from the moment when $_SESSION is saved into new variable it seems nothing is written into actual session anymore. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php session_start(); print_r($_SESSION); $session = $_SESSION; // without this line it works ok $_SESSION['test'] = 1000; ?> Expected result: ---------------- You need to run this code atleast twice so that first time session is set and next time it should be printed out but the thing is that i always get empty array. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34943&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34943&r=mysqlcfg