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Request #52868 string variable array acces with string index should emit E_NOTICE
Submitted: 2010-09-17 11:56 UTC Modified: 2010-09-19 18:05 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 0 (0.0%)
From: sht dot alien at gmx dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Variables related
PHP Version: 5.3.3 OS: Ubuntu Linux 10.04 x64
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-09-17 11:56 UTC] sht dot alien at gmx dot net
Description:
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It sometimes happens that you accidentially acces a string via array access and be so unfortunate to have used a string index :-)
Since I see no point in using stingindexes for accessing strings via array access at any time, I propose to issue an E_NOTICE when a string index is cast to integer for array access (on strings), if that is possible.

Test script:
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<?php
$stringValue = 'foobar';

echo $stringValue['baz']; // echoes 'f' since 'baz' is cast to int 0
echo $stringValue['3baz']; // echoes 'b' since the first character of the index string is 3, thus the index string is cast to int 3
echo $stringValue['ba3z']; // echoes 'f' since 'ba3z' is cast to int 0
?>

Expected result:
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f
b
f


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 [2010-09-19 18:05 UTC] markskilbeck@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-09-19 18:05 UTC] markskilbeck@php.net
I don't see that this makes sense.

PHP expects an integer for the key, and PHP being PHP, it will just juggle the type if it can. The PHP Way(tm).
 
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