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Bug #15228 variable variable spacing
Submitted: 2002-01-25 17:18 UTC Modified: 2002-07-16 01:25 UTC
From: philip at cornado dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.0CVS-2002-01-25 OS: n/a
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-01-25 17:18 UTC] philip at cornado dot com 
The following should result in a parse error:

  $foo = 'bar';
  $bar = 'hello';

  print $      $foo; // hello
  print $$foo;       // hello

Instead, 'hello' is printed both times.

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 [2002-01-25 17:29 UTC] yohgaki@php.net 
Confirmed with ZE2 and ZE1 (PHP4.0.6)
 [2002-06-29 03:56 UTC] andi@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

This isn't a bug but how PHP has always worked.
Changing this behavior isn't really feasible because of the way the parser works. I do suggest however that you use $$foo because the spaces are pretty ugly.
 [2002-07-16 01:25 UTC] philip@php.net 
It's not a bug but it's a little weird, that's all :)
 
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