Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52868&edit=1
ID: 52868
Updated by: markskilb...@php.net
Reported by: sht dot alien at gmx dot net
Summary: string variable array acces with string index should
emit E_NOTICE
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Variables related
Operating System: Ubuntu Linux 10.04 x64
PHP Version: 5.3.3
Block user comment: N
New Comment:
I don't see that this makes sense.
PHP expects an integer for the key, and PHP being PHP, it will just
juggle the type if it can. The PHP Way(tm).
Previous Comments:
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[2010-09-17 11:56:20] sht dot alien at gmx dot net
Description:
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It sometimes happens that you accidentially acces a string via array
access and be so unfortunate to have used a string index :-)
Since I see no point in using stingindexes for accessing strings via
array access at any time, I propose to issue an E_NOTICE when a string
index is cast to integer for array access (on strings), if that is
possible.
Test script:
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<?php
$stringValue = 'foobar';
echo $stringValue['baz']; // echoes 'f' since 'baz' is cast to int 0
echo $stringValue['3baz']; // echoes 'b' since the first character of
the index string is 3, thus the index string is cast to int 3
echo $stringValue['ba3z']; // echoes 'f' since 'ba3z' is cast to int 0
?>
Expected result:
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f
b
f
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