PHP on crack

I had a chuckle while reading Ed Finkler's PHP6 wish list. After reading the comment by Damien Seguy I almost fell off my chair.

Try running the following code under PHP


<?php
  ${'!@#$%^&*()[]:;"<>,./?'} = "i bet this won't work!<br>\n";
  ${"omg???!!! wtf???!!! :D"} = "omg it does<br>\n";
  echo ${'!@#$%^&*()[]:;"<>,./?'} . ${"omg???!!! wtf???!!! :D"};

It worked here on PHP 5.2.3 with ubuntu security fixes. I got

i bet this won't work!<br>
omg it does<br>

This contradicts the PHP manual, but hey it works.

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