#29767 [Opn]: Weird behaviour of __set($name, $value);

[morten at nilsen dot com]

 ID:               29767
 User updated by:  morten at nilsen dot com
 Reported By:      morten at nilsen dot com
 Status:           Open
 Bug Type:         Zend Engine 2 problem
 Operating System: Linux
 PHP Version:      5.0.1
 New Comment:

(obvious) workaround is to change:

  if($name[0] != '&') $name = '&'.$name.';';

into:

  $entity = "&$name;";


Previous Comments:
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[2004-08-20 03:55:51] morten at nilsen dot com

Description:
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The attached script behaves ilogically


Reproduce code:
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<?php
  class template {
    function __set($name, $value) {
      echo "Set $name to $value<br>";
      if($name[0] != '&') $name = '&'.$name.';';
    }
  }

  function fetchlist($name) {
    global $template;

    echo '$template->what = '.$name.'<br>';
    $template->what = $name;

  } 

  $template = new template();
  fetchlist('user');
  fetchlist('group');
?>

Expected result:
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$template->what = user
Set what to user
$template->what = group
Set what to group

Actual result:
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$template->what = user
Set what to user
$template->what = group
Set &what; to group


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