#47751 [NEW]: define() allows resources as values

From: mgkimsal at gmail dot com Operating system: any PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: define() allows resources as values Description: ------------ This is a duplicate of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29534 which is 4.5 years old now. The comment 3 years ago was that the XML docs had been updated, but the current PHP doc page for define still shows that "only scalar and null values are allowed. Scalar values are integer, float, string or boolean values." This is still wrong. Either the docs need to be updated to indicate resources are allowed, or PHP needs to be updated to throw an error when a resource is define()d. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: function.define --- <?php $f = fopen(__FILE__,"r"); define('x',$f); fclose($f); $g = fread(x,400); echo $g; echo x; echo constant('x'); Expected result: ---------------- some sort of error Actual result: -------------- the program prints out itself (because I'm read the fopen of __FILE__) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47751&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47751&r=mysqlcfg