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Bug #16207 var referencing doesnt work on global vars?
Submitted: 2002-03-21 12:57 UTC Modified: 2002-03-21 13:01 UTC
From: vedad at kajtaz dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.1.2 OS: linux 2.2.20
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2002-03-21 12:57 UTC] vedad at kajtaz dot net
Hello,

Using references from and to global vars inside a function doesnt seem to work. 

Try this out:
---->8----->8----->8----->8-
<?
function	SomeFunction()
{
	global	$a, $b, $c;

	$d = array(1, 2, 3);

	$a = $d;
	$b = &$a;
	$c = &$a;
}

SomeFunction();

?><pre>a:<br><?print_r($a)?></pre><hr><?
?><pre>b:<br><?print_r($b)?></pre><hr><?
?><pre>c:<br><?print_r($c)?></pre><hr><?

// end
?>
---->8----->8----->8----->8-

Logically, $b and $c should be references to $a, but they seem to be empty vars!

Thanks,
-- vedad

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 [2002-03-21 13:01 UTC] mfischer@php.net
That's a limitation of the engine. 'global'ized variables inside function are in fact references to the global variable.
 
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