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Bug #47903 "@" operator does not work with string offsets (PHP_5_2 only!)
Submitted: 2009-04-05 19:05 UTC Modified: 2009-04-06 23:57 UTC
From: cFreed at orange dot fr Assigned: felipe (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.9 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-04-05 19:05 UTC] cFreed at orange dot fr
Description:
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A case where the error-control operator @ does NOT work, despite of what the manual says.

Reproduce code:
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From manual page: language.operators.errorcontrol
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The manual says:
"A simple rule of thumb is: if you can take the value of something, you can prepend the @ operator to it."

This is not always true.

As shown by the example given, this works, assuming $cache IS AN ARRAY:
<?php
$value = @$cache[$key]; 
// will not issue a notice if the index $key doesn't exist.
?>

But it does not work if $cache IS A STRING, and $key is an integer higher than strlen($cache)-1. in other words:
<?php
$str='abc';
$value=@$str[5];
// will issue the notice "Uninitialized string offset 5 in...".
?>


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 [2009-04-06 08:34 UTC] kalle@php.net
Verified in the PHP_5_2 branch only, PHP_5_3 and HEAD does not produce this, reclassified
 [2009-04-06 11:40 UTC] jani@php.net
Felipe, this same (?) issue was reported in bug #39018 and was supposed to be closed too..was the fix omitted from PHP_5_2 branch?

 [2009-04-06 11:59 UTC] felipe@php.net
Yes, these fix was just committed in 5.3+.
 [2009-04-06 23:57 UTC] felipe@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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