0001216: reference to GLOBAL variable can not be set using variable variables

Viewing Issue Simple Details [ Jump to Notes ]

[ View Advanced ] [ Issue History ] [ Print ]

Category

Severity

Reproducibility

Date Submitted

Last Update

0001216

[Quercus]

minor

always

06-26-06 11:24

06-26-06 19:00

Reporter

nxnlvz

View Status

public

Assigned To

ferg

Priority

normal

Resolution

fixed

Status

closed

Product Version

3.0.19

Summary

0001216: reference to GLOBAL variable can not be set using variable variables

Description

When creating refernce to global variable using _ Variable variables _ the parser for oject VarExpr will return false. This causes QuercusParser to fail with "unknown expr to global"

The following will work

global $link;

This will not
global $$link;

But you can assign it using

$$link =& $GLOBALS["link"];

Additional Information

Here is the full function. It comes from OSCommerce

function osc_db_connect($server, $username, $password, $link = 'db_link') {
    //global $$link, $db_error;
    //global $db_error1;
    //global $$link;

    $$link =& $GLOBALS["link"];
    $db_error =& $GLOBALS["db_error"];

    $db_error = false;

    if (!$server) {
      $db_error = 'No Server selected.';
      return false;
    }

    $$link = @mysql_connect($server, $username, $password) or $db_error = mysql_error();

    return $$link;
  }

Attached Files

Relationships

Notes
(0001312) ferg 06-26-06 19:00	php/0237, php/3237

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
06-26-06 11:24	nxnlvz	New Issue
06-26-06 19:00	ferg	Note Added: 0001312
06-26-06 19:00	ferg	Assigned To	=> ferg
06-26-06 19:00	ferg	Status	new => closed
06-26-06 19:00	ferg	Resolution	open => fixed
06-26-06 19:00	ferg	Fixed in Version	=> 3.0.20

Mantis 1.0.0rc3[^]

29 total queries executed.
26 unique queries executed.