From: paul at santasoft dot com Operating system: centos (linux) PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: list() with string assignment not as expected
Description: ------------ clarification is needed in the documentation in the case of a one-to-one assignment using list() and a string. see reproduction code example 1. i understand that in this case, the string is being treated as an array of characters. But this was not as expected initially. Plus, a fatal error is generated if the string is directly provided instead of returning from a function. Inconsistent and confusing. Reproduce code: --------------- Example 1: <?php function bob_dole_is_a_dork() { return 'Bob Dole Smells Like Old Socks!'; } list($bobdole) = bob_dole_is_a_dork(); echo($bobdole); ?> Example 2: <?php list($bobdole) = 'Bob Dole Smells Like Old Socks!'; echo($bobdole); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Example 1: Bob Dole Smells Like Old Socks! Example 2: Bob Dole Smells Like Old Socks! Actual result: -------------- Example 1 gives: B Example 2 gives: Fatal error: Invalid opcode 98/1/1. in /the/path/doesnt/matter/pp.php on line 2 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41205&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41205&r=mysqlcfg