global and resource handle

Hi It started with a postgresql problem. So I asked Jouni Ahto (thanks for your help with isolating problem :-) ) and isolated problem: (latest php-devel) If I write the following code entirely into page (without making a function) if (!is_object($user)) { $user = new User($userbase); } session_register('user'); $user -> eBase(); everythig works perfectly if I change it into: sess_start() ...... function sess_start() { global $userbase; global $user; if (!is_object($user)) { $user = new User($userbase); } session_register('user'); $user -> eBase(); } the base handle that is established in $user -> eBase() is silently casted from resource to integer, that couse many problems. It looks for me like a problem with 'global'. Also if i try to echo serialize($user) i see, that base handle is an integer :-( Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong? Przem