#16687 [Ver->Csd]: Constants not being interpreted in "variable variables"

ID: 16687 Updated by: philip@php.net Reported By: lux@simian.ca -Status: Verified +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Red Hat Linux 7.1 PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: The feature of inability to use autoglobals / superglobals as variable variables is now documented in two places. The variable variables page and the superglobals page. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-20 04:07:41] goba@php.net Superglobals are named autoglobals or "auto global"s in many cases. Because you need not use "global" to make it global... I personaly think that superglobal is a better name for them (as used by Rasmus first AFAIK), so I use this name. -- Goba ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-19 21:01:49] mfischer@php.net By design ? hehe Ok, I *think* it was not 'by design', I think this just turned out to be the way it is after it has been implemented. I don't think while writing the code and was kept in mind 'no, we do not want them not to be accessible in functions with variable variables'. Ok, so much. Versions of PHP has already been released, so we should document it. Btw, goba, using the search on php.net I couldn't find a single page refering to the super globals ... ? (I haven't yet browser through the manual index as I tend to find that annyoing) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-19 15:17:41] goba@php.net I have already reported this problem, but nothing happened. Superglobals seemed to be accessible with variable variables in the global scope, but not in any local scope (inside a function). Derick told me, that it is by design, but IMHO this is incosistent, and quite ugly :(( -- Goba ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-19 14:53:51] mfischer@php.net Reclassified. It should be documented that due the special way super globals are treated the cannot be used with variable variables. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-19 12:40:50] mfischer@php.net True true. Derick (or someone else) mind briefly explaining why this is/has to be different? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/16687 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16687&edit=1