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Bug #35052 $var->$arrayname['item'] fails
Submitted: 2005-11-01 15:46 UTC Modified: 2005-11-01 18:54 UTC
From: sam at liddicott dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.4.0 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-11-01 15:46 UTC] sam at liddicott dot com
Description:
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Indirect object array access
$var->$arrayname['item']
only takes the first letter of the array name


Reproduce code:
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<?php # THIS FAILS
$name="list"; 
$obj->$name['item']='test'; 
var_dump($obj); 
?>

<?php # THIS WORKS FINE
$name="list"; 
$array=&$obj->$name;
$array['item']='test'; 
var_dump($obj); 
?>




Expected result:
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object(stdClass)(1) {
  ["list"]=>
  string(4) "test"
}


Actual result:
--------------
object(stdClass)(1) {
  ["l"]=>
  string(4) "test"
}


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 [2005-11-01 18:54 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

$this->var is the right syntax for that.
 
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