#50806 [NEW]: $this can be assigned using variable casting

From: Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:48:54 +0000
Subject: #50806 [NEW]: $this can be assigned using variable casting
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From: kominbhai at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows Vista PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Translation problem Bug description: $this can be assigned using variable casting Description: ------------ $this can be assigned using variable casting Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $a="this"; $$a="abc"; echo $this; //works when it should not be ?> Expected result: ---------------- Error: $this cannot be re-assigned Actual result: -------------- echoes abc -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50806&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50806&r=mysqlcfg

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