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Bug #691 $GLOBALS does not work with array elements
Submitted: 1998-08-24 22:05 UTC Modified: 1998-08-24 22:28 UTC
From: charly at openware dot com dot ar Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Other
PHP Version: 3.0.3 OS: SCO OSE 5.0.2
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1998-08-24 22:05 UTC] charly at openware dot com dot ar
Hi. I have the following piece of code:
===========
function pp( $var ) {
        echo $GLOBALS[$var];
}

$ab= "hello";
echo pp( "ab" );
===========
This returns "hello".

But, the following piece of code does not work.
===========
function pp( $var ) {
        echo $GLOBALS[$var];
}

$ab[1]= "hello";          <- I've added [1]
echo pp( "ab[1]" );      <- also here
===========
This returns "".

I have also tryied with a little different code.
===========
function pp( $var ) {
        global $$var;
        echo "${$var}";
}

$ab= "hello";
echo pp( "ab" );
===========
This returns "hello".

But it does not work too with an array element like this:
===========
function pp( $var ) {
        global $$var;
        echo "${$var}";
}

$ab[1]= "hello";
echo pp( "ab[1]" );
===========
This returns "".

I've looked for a bug in the bug database but I didn't found one. Excuse me it is not a bug.

Regards, Carlos.

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 [1998-08-24 22:28 UTC] rasmus
No bug here.  To get $ab[1] from the GLOBALS array you have to use $GLOBALS["ab"][1] and in your second case if $var="ab" then you can do a global $$var and then echo ${$var}[1]
This doesn't solve your problem, but it explains how it works.
 
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