Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65484&edit=1
ID: 65484 Updated by: requi...@php.net Reported by: jan dot kahoun at heureka dot cz Summary: Accessing null variable as array over key Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: *General Issues +Package: Scripting Engine problem -PHP Version: Irrelevant +PHP Version: 5.5.2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: See also bug #37676 using Array access operator [] on boolean variable does not show Notice bug #40692 Trying to use boolean as array doesn't give an error and a part of bug #62769 Inconsistent notice reporting using [] Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-08-20 08:02:27] jan dot kahoun at heureka dot cz Description: ------------ If you define variable as NULL and then you want to acces it over keys as array like $array['kolo'] then PHP should trigger a strict error and not return the NULL. Test script: --------------- <?php $array = null; var_dump($array['kolo']); /* Expected result: PHP strict error Actual result: NULL */ Expected result: ---------------- Expected is PHP strict error. Actual result: -------------- NULL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65484&edit=1
