On 19 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ID: 16687
> Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Status: Bogus
> Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
> Operating System: Red Hat Linux 7.1
> PHP Version: 4.2.0
> New Comment:
>
> True true. Derick (or someone else) mind briefly explaining why this
> is/has to be different?
Zeev, can you elaborate why this was implemented like this? I forgot it :)
Derick
>
>
> Previous Comments:
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>
> [2002-04-19 11:11:00] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> But then why does it work under certain circumstances and not others?
> Regardless whether intended or not, this is inconsistent behaviour.
>
> I also think that having these differences between regular variables
> and the "superglobals" shouldn't be necessary. If I can't use them in
> the same contexts as regular variables, then I would personally prefer
> the $HTTP_*_VARS instead, because you can.
>
> I have found my approach to abstracting this difference ($HTTP_*_VARS
> vs. $_*) between PHP versions to be really beneficial to my scripts. I
> can abstract them both down to one name, and use a single reference to
> the appropriate one instead of sticking if statements every time I need
> to know which one to use.
>
> Sorry to keep buggin' ya, but I think this may be a fair enough
> argument for change.
>
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>
> [2002-04-19 10:33:59] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> You can't use superglobals indirectly, check this:
>
> $t = "_GET";
> var_dump ($$t);
>
> doesn't work neither, and it wasn't supposed to work.
>
> However, this does work (because $HTTP_GET_VARS is not a superglobal):
>
> $t = "HTTP_GET_VARS";
> var_dump ($$t);
>
>
> Derick
>
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>
> [2002-04-18 19:09:09] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> reclassified
>
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> [2002-04-18 17:30:28] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> It seems to be happening only under certain contexts. Here is a script
> that works fine:
>
> <?php
>
> $test = 'asdf';
>
> define ('_TEST', 'test');
>
> echo 'constant: ';
> print_r (${_TEST});
>
> echo '<br />direct: ';
> print_r ($test);
>
> ?>
>
> And here is code that does not:
>
> <?php
>
> if (PHP_VERSION < '4.1.0') {
> define ('_GET', 'HTTP_GET_VARS');
> } else {
> define ('_GET', '_GET');
> }
>
> class CGI {
> var $param = array ();
>
> function CGI () {
> global $HTTP_GET_VARS, $HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_POST_FILES;
>
> if (${_GET}) {
> reset (${_GET});
> while (list ($k, $v) = each (${_GET})) {
> if (get_magic_quotes_gpc () == 1) {
> $this->{$k} = stripslashes ($v);
> } else {
> $this->{$k} = $v;
> }
> array_push ($this->param, $k);
> }
> } else {
> echo '<br />_GET value: '; print_r (_GET);
> echo '<br />$_GET value: '; print_r ($_GET);
> echo '<br />${_GET} value: '; print_r (${_GET});
> }
> }
> }
>
> $cgi = new CGI;
>
> echo '<br />$cgi value: '; print_r ($cgi);
>
> ?>
>
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> [2002-04-18 16:43:17] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Constants do not appear to be interpreted properly in the following
> context:
>
> ${CONSTANT}
>
> I found this problem with the following code:
>
> <?php
>
> if (PHP_VERSION < '4.1.0') {
> define ('_GET', 'HTTP_GET_VARS');
> // etc.
> } else {
> define ('_GET', '_GET');
> // etc.
> }
>
> print_r (${_GET});
>
> ?>
>
> This should print out the $_GET hash in 4.2.0RC4, but it prints
> nothing. A quick check of the _GET constant shows that it does contain
> the proper value.
>
> I compile php with:
>
> './configure' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--with-gd'
> '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql'
> '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs' '--enable-shmop'
> '--enable-xslt' '--with-xslt-sablot'
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16687&edit=1
>
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