<?php
class A {
private $p1 = "secret";
public function B() {
var_dump($this);
${'t' . 'his'} = 'hidden'; // works
var_dump($this);
var_dump($GLOBALS['this']); // class is global but $this is not since only refers to this particular object.
$GLOBALS['this'] = 'lovely';
var_dump($this, $GLOBALS['this']);
echo "{$GLOBALS['this']} $this {$this->p1}";
}
}
$a = new A;
$a->B();
object(A)#1 (1) {
["p1:private"]=>
string(6) "secret"
}
string(6) "hidden"
Notice: Undefined index: this in /in/aCB89 on line 8
NULL
string(6) "hidden"
string(6) "lovely"
lovely hidden secret
Output for 4.4.2 - 4.4.9
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /in/aCB89 on line 3
Process exited with code 255.
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /in/aCB89 on line 3
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.2 - 4.3.4
Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or `T_VAR' or `'}'' in /in/aCB89 on line 3
Process exited with code 255.