note 81892 deleted from language.references.unset by nlopess

Note Submitter: anton (a) zebooka.com ---- It seems that there is a bug in PHP 5.1.6 I've written my own ErrorHandler. It receives $vars variable with all local variables. If error occurs in global scope (in main script file and not in function or class) then $vars contains also $GLOBALS and i can't unset it from $vars. IT ALSO AFFECTS $GLOBALS ! Why? Documentation say it shouldn't. if (isset($vars['GLOBALS'])) { unset($vars['GLOBALS']); $vars['GLOBALS'] = 'foo bar'; } var_dump($vars['GLOBALS'], '----------------', $GLOBALS); // Outputs 'foo bar' for both variables BUT! If i do this by myself it works as expected. $a['GLOBALS'] = &$GLOBALS; unset($a['GLOBALS']); $a['GLOBALS'] = 'foo bar'; var_dump($a['GLOBALS'], '----------------', $GLOBALS); // Outputs 'foo bar' for $a and content of $GLOBALS for $GLOBALS