From: humillo at hotmail dot com
Operating system: linux 2.4.20
PHP version: 5.0.0b1 (beta1)
PHP Bug Type: Variables related
Bug description: global $$var doesnt work as expected
Description:
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The global variable isnt being assigned the mysql connection resource id.
This worked fine with PHP3 and 4.
Notes:
* Ive noticed that using anything like:
$$varname = "GOODBYE";
... assigns correctly, only with mysql_connect() the assignment is
ignored.
* If you remove the global declaration and use:
$GLOBALS[$varname] = mysql_connect();
.. it works.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
function checkme($varname = 'var') {
global $$varname;
$$varname = mysql_connect("your", "data", "here");
}
$var = 'HELLO';
checkme();
echo $var; // Should be a resource_id, but its "HELLO"
?>
Expected result:
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Resource Id #<something>
Actual result:
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HELLO
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Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24421&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24421&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24421&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24421&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24421&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24421&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24421&r=isapi
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