From:             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: linux
PHP version:      4.3.0-pre1
PHP Bug Type:     MySQL related
Bug description:  Really hard to explain why this is a bug, it just is. And i will 
prove it

What im trying to do, is check to see if the person is new to signing up,
but the way i did it made me think its a bug.

Think about it like this
would this work, (yes)

<?
$new = 1;
if ($new = 1)
echo "it worked";
?>

Ok, so you know that works, and i know that works, but what about this.

picture a login form
 <form method=post action=login_go.php>
 <input type=test name=username>
 <input type=submit>
 </form>
You enter your username, and push submit, now you are in login_go.php with
the value carryed by your username

You write
<?
$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "dbuser", "dbpass")
        or die("Could not connect");
$get = mysql_select_db("dbname",$link)
        or die("Could not select Database");

$user = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE
username='$username';")); //$username from the form

if ($user[new] == "1") // say there was a feild in the table users called
new
 {echo "worked";}
?>
That would not work?, why its so right, theres nothing wrong with that
code, but!, now if u add a w to new in the database feild, and add a w to
user[new] it will work.

I have figure out how to get around it by simply added another w, or just
changing the word new all together. Is new a functions of some type,  or
is it a bug when you use it like that. It really doesnt make sense to me,
and the people who ive ask about this.

I hope you can give me a anwser to this question, cause i am very curious,
and so are my friends.
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19950&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot:         http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=trysnapshot
Fixed in CVS:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=needtrace
Try newer version:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=support
Expected behavior:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=php3
Daylight Savings:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=dst
IIS Stability:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19950&r=isapi

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