note 107080 deleted from language.variables.basics by cmb
| From: | cmb@php.net | Date: | Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:35:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 107080 deleted from language.variables.basics by cmb | ||
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Note Submitter: megan at voices dot com
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"Note: $this is a special variable that can't be assigned."
While the PHP runtime generates an error if you directly assign $this in code, it doesn't for
$$name when name is 'this'.
<?php
$this = 'text'; // error
$name = 'this';
$$name = 'text'; // sets $this to 'text'
?>