note 78390 added to ref.session

The following odd behavior happens in php version 5.1.4 (and presumably some other versions) that does not happen in php version 5.2.1 (and possibly other versions > 5.1.4). <?php $_SESSION['instance']=...; $instance=new SomeClass; ?> The second line will not only create the $instance object successfully, it will also modify the value of $_SESSION['instance']! The workaround I arrived at, after trial and error, was to avoid using object names which match a $_SESSION array key. This is not intended to be a bug report, since it was apparently fixed by version 5.2.1, so it's just a workaround suggestion. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 76.201.152.69 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/78390 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78390/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78390/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78390/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78390/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78390/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78390/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78390 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/78390 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php