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Bug #39496 $_SESSION assignment to variable stops register data
Submitted: 2006-11-13 14:01 UTC Modified: 2006-11-14 08:09 UTC
From: bartek at cpu-zeto dot com dot pl Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Session related
PHP Version: 5.2.0 OS: Windows XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-11-13 14:01 UTC] bartek at cpu-zeto dot com dot pl
Description:
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If you assign $_SESSION to variable you can't register more data after assignment and it differs even on kind of a variable local or static. If you place assignments between registering data, you can't: 1) to a static varable ex.: self::$var you can't register data after that assignments, 2) to local variable $var=$_SESSION you can't register data before and after. But there is workaround you should assign with casting to array: $var = (array)$_SESSION in both cases.


Reproduce code:
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// 1 - seperate code
$_SESSION["test1"] = "test1";
self::$var = $_SESSION;
$_SESSION["test2"] = "test2";
// 2 - seperate code
$_SESSION["test1"] = "test1...";
$var = $_SESSION;
$_SESSION["test2"] = "test2...";
//workaround
$_SESSION["test1"] = "test1...";
$var = (array)$_SESSION;
self::$var = (array)$_SESSION;
$_SESSION["test2"] = "test2...";

Expected result:
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I expect register data to $_SESSION after assignments $_SESSION to some variable.

Actual result:
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It's not

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 [2006-11-14 02:56 UTC] judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com
This is the expected behaviuor.
$_SESSION is a "magical" superglobal.

if you attempt to 


$_SESSION = $var

or

$var = $_SESSION

it will loose it's magical atributes, for your own benefit.

It will not let you to shoot yourself in the foot.
 [2006-11-14 08:09 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

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