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Bug #30888 wrong access to global arrays
Submitted: 2004-11-24 22:00 UTC Modified: 2004-11-24 22:13 UTC
From: bugz at nagash dot org Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.0.2 OS: FreeBSD \ Linux \ windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-11-24 22:00 UTC] bugz at nagash dot org
Description:
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don't work in the class - but if I do the same action NOT IN THE CLASS METHOD - it works


<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<?php
error_reporting (E_ALL); 
if (!empty($_POST['name'])) {
$z = '_POST';
echo ${$z}['name'];
}
?>

this works fine

Reproduce code:
---------------
<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<?php
error_reporting (E_ALL); 
if (!empty($_POST['name'])) {
	class blah {
		function tester () {
			$z = '_POST';
			echo ${$z}['name'];
		}
	}
	$a = new blah;
	$a->tester();
}
?>

Expected result:
----------------
the value I wrote in the form

Actual result:
--------------
Notice: Undefined variable: _POST in /home/nagash/www/test.php on line 11


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 [2004-11-24 22:10 UTC] bugz at nagash dot org
sorry.
http://ru2.php.net/en/language.variables.predefined
Variable variables: Superglobals cannot be used as variable variables inside functions or class methods.
 [2004-11-24 22:13 UTC] derick@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

You can not use the superglobals with variable-variables.
 
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