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Doc Bug #27564 list behavior
Submitted: 2004-03-11 04:49 UTC Modified: 2004-03-11 05:24 UTC
From: bolk at hitv dot ru Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.3.4 OS: Windows ME
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-03-11 04:49 UTC] bolk at hitv dot ru 
Description:
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This is correct but no record in documentation:

$test = 'Test';
list ($a, $b) = $test;
echo $a.$b;

Reproduce code:
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$test = 'Test';
list ($a, $b) = $test;
echo $a.$b;

Expected result:
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it prints: Te

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 [2004-03-11 05:15 UTC] derick@php.net 
It's a side affect, I don't think we should document this :-) (Also, don't rely on this behavior)
 [2004-03-11 05:24 UTC] bolk at hitv dot ru 
Funny side effect :)) By the way this behavior may cause some problem:

function Test()
{
  $res = some_user_func();
  return count($res) == 1 ? $res[0] : $res;
}
list ($a) = Test();

If some_user_func returns "array(1,2)" then $a will contains '1' but if it returns array('Test') then $a will contains 'T'.

I think it will be better if PHP cause notice or something in this way or make right type conversion.
 
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