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Bug #32621 isset() reports Fatal error on multidimensional arrays
Submitted: 2005-04-07 11:41 UTC Modified: 2005-04-07 12:17 UTC
From: ivan_milaev at mail dot ru Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 5.0.4 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-04-07 11:41 UTC] ivan_milaev at mail dot ru 
Description:
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php.ini-recomended is used

isset() reports "Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array" when trying to check if the element of multidimensional array exists.

Reproduce code:
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$arr['c1']='aaa'; 
var_dump(isset($arr['c1']['c2']['c3'])); // bool(false)
var_dump(isset($arr['c1']['c2']['c3']['c4'])); // Fatal error

Expected result:
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bool(false)
bool(false)

Actual result:
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bool(false)
Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in ... on line 3

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 [2005-04-07 12:02 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration5.incompatible.php
Read the third entry.
 [2005-04-07 12:17 UTC] ivan_milaev at mail dot ru 
But "isset($arr['c1']['c2']['c3'])" causes no error... and even no notice. Is this the bug than?
 
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