PHP 4.0 Bug #7558: session - objects in arrays

From: info@borderblue.com Operating system: Red Hat Linux 6 PHP version: 4.0.3pl1 PHP Bug Type: *Session related Bug description: session - objects in arrays I'm using php.ini-optimized with register_globals = Off, so I access session variables using $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"]. This is defined as an array of objects. I'm able to access properties such as $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"][0]->property, but I can't run methods by doing $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"][0]->method(). The following test script illustrates the problem, reloading the page should increase the array size of "blah" each time. I found that I could work around the problem by copying the session variable to a local variable, doing the methods on that, and then copying back. I compiled PHP as a dynamic DSO module using: ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs Here is the test script: /* reload the page to increase the array size of "blah" */ class Test { var $item; function run() { $this->item = 1234; } } session_start(); session_register("blah"); if (!isset($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"])) { $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"] = array(); } echo "array size before = ",sizeof($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"]),"<br>n"; $S = sizeof($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"]); $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"][$S] = new Test; /** this doesn't work *******************/ // $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"][$S]->run(); /****************************************/ /** this works **************************/ $SESSION = $HTTP_SESSION_VARS; $SESSION["blah"][$S]->run(); $HTTP_SESISON_VARS = $SESSION; /****************************************/ echo "array size after = ",sizeof($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["blah"]),"<br>n"; -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7558&edit=1