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Bug #70586 When i try ${'_'.'POST'} i get: Notice: Undefined variable: _POST in
Submitted: 2015-09-25 20:46 UTC Modified: 2015-12-19 10:26 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:3.5 ± 0.5
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: DAVIDhaker at yandex dot ru Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Variables related
PHP Version: 5.6.14RC1 OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2015-09-25 20:46 UTC] DAVIDhaker at yandex dot ru
Description:
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When i try ${'_'.'POST'} in object __call i get: Notice: Undefined variable: _POST in ...

Test script:
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<?php
	class A {
		public function __call($method, $args){
			var_dump($_POST, ${'_POST'}, ${'_'.'POST'}, '_POST' == '_'.'POST', $_POST == ${'_POST'});
		}
	}
	$class = new A();
	$class->test();

Expected result:
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array(0) { } array(0) { } NULL bool(true) bool(true)


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 [2015-12-19 04:14 UTC] ajf@php.net
Looks like it's fixed in PHP 7: https://3v4l.org/u5Snj

Also seems to indeed be specific to `__call` within a class. I don't get this for just var_dump() at top-level.
 [2015-12-19 04:14 UTC] ajf@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2015-12-19 10:26 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Not a bug
 [2015-12-19 10:26 UTC] nikic@php.net
Accessing super globals through variable variables is undefined behavior. It may or may not work depending on whether the variable name is evaluated at compile-time or not.
 
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