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Bug #26980 Array creation with '{}' instead of '[]'
Submitted: 2004-01-20 12:43 UTC Modified: 2004-01-20 14:26 UTC
From: reklov at unitedklasens dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 4.3.4 OS: Win98SE
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-01-20 12:43 UTC] reklov at unitedklasens dot de 
Description:
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With $var{$i} = 'Test' I wanted to create a variable with the name 'var1', using the '{}' and $i == 1, like ${$a} (http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php)
Insted of this, it will create an array, as if I had used '[]' instead of '{}'.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$i = 1;
$var{$i} = 'Test';
echo $var{$i};
echo '<br>';
echo $var{1};
echo '<br>';
echo $var1;
?>

Expected result:
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Test<br>
Test<br>  //not sure, what would happen...
Test

Actual result:
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Test<br>
Test<br>

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 [2004-01-20 14:26 UTC] helly@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

{} can be used to denoted array or string indices.

You would need this: ${var${i}}

Nothe that the second \'{\' here is after the second \'$\' not before as in your code. The notation should force the compiler to generate code that concatenates the string var with the result of variable $i and use that as a variable name.

This is neither possible nor planned. You need to evaluate the value of the mentioned concatentaion yourself.
 
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