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Request #38527 Allow using superglobals as variable-variables
Submitted: 2006-08-20 20:27 UTC Modified: 2011-08-23 16:51 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 0 (0.0%)
From: phpbugs at thequod dot de Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5CVS-2006-08-20 (CVS) OS: Ubuntu Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-08-20 20:27 UTC] phpbugs at thequod dot de
Description:
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The superglobals cannot get used as "variable-variables" 
in a function.

This is documented here: 
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php

Therefor this is a feature request, to change this.

Reproduce code:
---------------
$g = '_GET';
var_dump( $$g );

function f() {
  $g = "_GET";
  var_dump($$g);
}

f();


Expected result:
----------------
array(0) {
}
array(0) {
}


Actual result:
--------------
array(0) {
}

Notice: Undefined variable: _GET in X
NULL


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 [2011-08-23 16:51 UTC] laruence@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues
 [2011-08-23 16:51 UTC] laruence@php.net
Mark as won't fix, see #55493
 
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