#39501 [NEW]: Docs incorrectly explain the rules for naming variables and constants

From: z_rules55 at hotmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Docs incorrectly explain the rules for naming variables and constants Description: ------------ As I had previously reported here (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=39150), PHP does in fact allow the creation of variables and constants with names that contain invalid characters. As far as I can tell, PHP will let you create a variable or constant with any string whatsoever, even a binary one. Whether or not it is desirable to allow this behavior is not the point of this report; but if it is desirable, or if it's not going to be fixed, could the docs please be updated to clarify the fact that you *can* use invalid variable/constant names? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39501&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39501&r=mysqlcfg