ID:               29562
 User updated by:  darcy at 1000camels dot com
 Reported By:      darcy at 1000camels dot com
 Status:           Open
 Bug Type:         Scripting Engine problem
 Operating System: Linux, MacOSX
 PHP Version:      4.3.8
 New Comment:

does anyone have any more information on this?  i'm finding it quite
difficult to work around this problem.  i've tried making an absolute
call with the include (ie. using http://), but that's just causing more
trouble.  i can't get access to the cookies from within an absolute
call...  And the fix i described above doesn't really help, since i'm
trying to source a rather large piece of code (phpBB2), which has lots
of globals.  too many to keep track of.  besides, i don't think it's
the best approach...


Previous Comments:
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[2004-08-10 09:57:30] cstdenis at on-track dot ca

Looks like this is happening with PHP5 (release) too.

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[2004-08-09 19:05:59] darcy at 1000camels dot com

i did some more experiments and have found a kind of fix.  It would
appear that if i globalize any of the variables which are losing scope
inside of the function which sources the code, the variables keeps
scope.  this is interesting and may help me do what i need to do, but i
still think this is a problem.

if you want to see an example of my fix, look for the files called
-fixed on my server: http://1000camels.com/phpBug/

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[2004-08-09 10:46:55] boris at hident dot co dot il

Happens to me too.
4.3.6 and 4.3.7 was fine.
4.3.8 and the 4.3.9-dev snapshots have the bug.
Tried it both in Linux (Red-Hat and Fedora Core 2) and on Windows XP
(Apache/1.3.31 (Win32)).

I export some cookie variable to global scope
$somevar = $_COOKIE['somevar'];
in an included file. The $somevar variable is always empty inside
included files from other fucntions, even though they are defined as
global. register_globals is off.

Hope this will get fixed ASAP, because restructuring my whole php
application is not an option now.

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[2004-08-07 20:13:16] darcy at 1000camels dot com

Description:
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This is a somewhat complicated bug to demonstrate.  i have placed files
online so that the behaviour can be demonstrated.

Essentially, the bug is that when you include a php script using
include() with a relative url (not absolute), global variables used
within a function in the sourced code are not available.

this seems to occur only when the original include() is within a class
or function.  if it is in open code, it works find.

it's a complex bug and i'm not sure the best way to analyze.

Reproduce code:
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http://1000camels.com/phpBug/

four files (and their source):

test-open-code.php - works
test-within-class.php - does not work
test-within-function.php - does not work

testMod.php - code which is being sourced

Expected result:
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i expect the global variable to be available

Actual result:
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the global variable (in my example $anObject and $aVariable) are not
available.


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