Bug #15180: _POST --> HTTP_POST_VARS (refrences!!! not)

From: edejanu@route66.ro Operating system: ALL PHP version: 4.1.1 PHP Bug Type: Performance problem Bug description: _POST --> HTTP_POST_VARS (refrences!!! not) Hi, I have recently installed PHP 4.1.1 and I found that _POST is not a reference of HTTP_POST_VARS but a copy. I think that it should be reference. Here is a reply to one of my old message in which Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > $_SEERVER, etc are reference of $HTTP_*_VARS. > I think this should be noted *obvious* place when 4.1.0 is > released :) http://www.zend.com/lists/php-dev/200112/msg00376.html A simple script for prove: <?php function func_change(&$value, $key) { if (is_string($value)) { $value = '***'.$value; } } echo('<PRE>'); echo('HTTP_GET_VARS before: '); print_r($HTTP_GET_VARS); echo('_GET before: '); print_r($_GET); reset($HTTP_GET_VARS); array_walk($HTTP_GET_VARS, 'func_change'); reset($HTTP_GET_VARS); echo('HTTP_GET_VARS after: '); print_r($HTTP_GET_VARS); echo('_GET after: '); print_r($_GET); echo('</PRE>'); ?> call it as: /testsuperglobals.php?x=lalal&a=1&b=dkdkkd and you will see this: HTTP_GET_VARS before: Array ( [x] => lalal [a] => 1 [b] => dkdkkd ) _GET before: Array ( [x] => lalal [a] => 1 [b] => dkdkkd ) HTTP_GET_VARS after: Array ( [x] => ***lalal [a] => ***1 [b] => ***dkdkkd ) _GET after: Array ( [x] => lalal [a] => 1 [b] => dkdkkd ) -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=15180&edit=1