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Bug #37727 isset return a false positive between array key and string
Submitted: 2006-06-07 13:07 UTC Modified: 2006-06-07 13:10 UTC
From: decryptus at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.4.2 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2006-06-07 13:07 UTC] decryptus at gmail dot com
Description:
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There is a problem when I test if an array key exists on a string with the function isset().

isset return true but $foo is not an array and error_reporting doesn't display an error.

Reproduce code:
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$foo = 'foo';

var_dump($foo);
echo '<br />';
var_dump(isset($foo['bar']));

Expected result:
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string(3) "foo"
bool(false)

Actual result:
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string(3) "foo"
bool(true)

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 [2006-06-07 13:10 UTC] tony2001@php.net
'bar' is converted to 0 and $foo[0] IS set.
No bug here.
 [2012-03-26 10:21 UTC] joffrey at ne2000 dot nl
A documentation bug (#61507) is filed because the behavior changed from
PHP 5.4.
 
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