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Bug #34462 isset($this->$x) no longer works when $x not set with PHP 5.05
Submitted: 2005-09-11 14:36 UTC Modified: 2005-09-12 00:32 UTC
From: bduclaux at yahoo dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 5.0.5 OS: Fedora Core 4
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2005-09-11 14:36 UTC] bduclaux at yahoo dot com
Description:
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PHP 5.05 modifies the handling of isset($this->$x) when $x is not set.

This breaks many existing scripts, and is not properly documented IMHO.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
        class A {
                function A() {
                        $x='';
                        var_dump(isset($this->$x));
                        }
        }

        new A();
?>

With php 5.05 :
Fatal error: Cannot access empty property in /home/sysop/test.php on line 5

With php 5.04:
bool(false)



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 [2005-09-12 00:32 UTC] sniper@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Works fine with PHP 5.1-dev.
 
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