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Request #67711 Can't dereference constant strings
Submitted: 2014-07-29 19:34 UTC Modified: 2016-06-14 13:10 UTC
From: chriswarbo at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Strings related
PHP Version: 5.6Git-2014-07-29 (Git) OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2014-07-29 19:34 UTC] chriswarbo at gmail dot com
Description:
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Strings can be dereferenced to get sub-strings of length 1, eg. 'hello'[1] === 'e'.

String variables can be dereferenced, eg. ($x = 'hello') && ($x[1] === 'e')

String constants can't be dereferenced, eg. define('MY_CONST', 'hello') && MY_CONST[1].

Test script:
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<?php
define('MY_CONST', 'hello');
var_dump(MY_CONST[1]);


Expected result:
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'string(1) "e"' on stdout

Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /home/chris/test2.php on line 5

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 [2014-08-01 17:21 UTC] tyrael@php.net
-Type: Bug +Type: Feature/Change Request
 [2016-06-14 13:10 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2016-06-14 13:10 UTC] cmb@php.net
That is possible as of PHP 5.6.0, see <https://3v4l.org/lWqe0>.
 
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