Re: [SMARTY-DEV] create_function strange behaviour

Using functions created with create_function() is not supported by Smarty because of the way it mangles the function name. It basically prepends it with a NULL byte and that's what screws all this up. On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Bram van Leur wrote: > This is probably not a real Smarty bug, but I can only reproduce it's > strange behaviour with Smarty using the following piece of code: > > <?php > require 'Smarty.class.php'; > > $smarty = new Smarty; > $smarty->force_compile = true; > > $smarty->register_prefilter(create_function('$a', 'return $a;')); > > $smarty->display('a.tpl'); > $smarty->display('b.tpl'); > > print_r($smarty->_plugins['prefilter']); > ?> > > It gives (with any Smarty 2.* version) an error about calling an > function without a name. The a and b template just contain one word > (like foo and bar). > > After an hour of hunting this bug I found out that the > _plugins['prefilter'] contains the following: > [] => Array('lambda_1', null, null, false) > > This is quite strange because of the differing key and function name (as > first element in the Array). Looking at register_prefilter shows me they > are both set using the $function parameter. How can they differ? > > Next load_plugin messes it up by setting a true to the wrong (new) > entry. A second run on the same smarty object makes it real fun because > of a fake (and loaded) plug-in entry. > > Anyway, the thing that causes the trouble is the strange return of > create_function. Can anyone tell me why the $function variable in > register_prefilter has a different value the 2 times its used in the > same statement? > > -- > Bram v. Leur > The Netherlands > > Proud to PHP! > > > -- > Smarty Development Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -Andrei http://www.gravitonic.com/ * There is no knowledge that is not power. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson *