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Bug #43982 Running specific error code without any error messages
Submitted: 2008-01-30 10:24 UTC Modified: 2008-02-01 22:24 UTC
From: php at ert dot org dot ua Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.5 OS: WinXP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-01-30 10:24 UTC] php at ert dot org dot ua 
Description:
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When I try to index some scalar value (integer, for example), I want to get error message, but I have normal NULL result.

Reproduce code:
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<?
error_reporting(0xFFFFFFFF);
$a = 1;
if ($a[5])
	echo 'yes';
else
	echo 'no';
?>

Expected result:
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Error, warning or notice

Actual result:
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no

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 [2008-01-31 17:01 UTC] root at mantoru dot de 
Accessing offsets is only supported for strings and arrays.
As the manual states: "Accessing by [] or {} to variables of other type silently returns NULL."

See also http://php.net/language.types.string and bug #41195.
 [2008-02-01 22:24 UTC] jani@php.net 
Documented behaviour -> bogus.
 
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