#43163 [Opn->Csd]: $this with variable variable

ID: 43163 Updated by: felipe@php.net Reported By: felipensp at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2007-10-31 (snap) Assigned To: colder Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-11-13 13:13:52] colder@php.net Partially done, I'll add a note about $this not being modifiable as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-31 16:32:38] johannes@php.net As of PHP 5 $this is a very special variable, I couldn't find anything in the docs about it's limitations, so I mark it as a doc bug. Related to the original report: I'm also not seeing a hint that you can't assign any value to $this in the docs (not even outside a class) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-31 16:10:53] felipensp at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Variable $this doens't recognize as variable variable. Reproduce code: --------------- $a = 'this'; $$a->b; Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context Actual result: -------------- Notice: Undefined variable: this ... Notice: Trying to get property of non-object ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43163&edit=1