--TEST-- Bug #24396 (global $$variable broken) --FILE-- 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3); foreach($arr as $k=>$v) { global $$k; // comment this out and it works in PHP 5 too.. echo "($k => $v)\n"; $$k = $v; } ?> --EXPECT-- (a => 1) (b => 2) (c => 3)