Bug #10801: Variable Variables and Constants

From: mstearne@entermix.com Operating system: Linux 2.2 PHP version: 4.0.4 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: Variable Variables and Constants Variable variables techniques do not work when one of the "variables" is a constant. The example below illustrates this. This is probably the desired behavior for constants, but was confusing for me when I was trying to figure it out. The alternative I used was to add the variables I needed to the $GLOBALS array instead of defining them as constants. <?php define("DB_X_NAME","database1"); define("DB_Y_NAME","database2"); $DB_Z_NAME="database3"; function connectTo($databaseName){ global $DB_Z_NAME; $fullDatabaseName="DB_".$databaseName."_NAME"; return "\"".${$fullDatabaseName}."\""; } print "DB_X_NAME is ".connectTo("X")." "; print "DB_Y_NAME is ".connectTo("Y")." "; print "DB_Z_NAME is ".connectTo("Z")." "; ?> -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=10801&edit=1