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Request #73980 PHP error reporting is less strict for bools access as array than for arrays
Submitted: 2017-01-23 14:36 UTC Modified: 2017-01-23 16:08 UTC
From: benp at yelp dot com Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 7.1.1 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2017-01-23 14:36 UTC] benp at yelp dot com
Description:
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This is well-known from long-past bugs e.g. https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41195, but it really should be reconsidered at some point for future language versions.

It's pretty nuts that undefined offset access is more strict for arrays than it is for booleans (and other objects). Booleans should probably be able to complain about being accessed as arrays.

Test script:
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<?php 
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$boolean = true;
$array = [];
$boolean['hello']; // No error
$array['hello'];  // E_NOTICE

Expected result:
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$boolean['hello'] should throw some error.


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 [2017-01-23 16:08 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Duplicate -Package: PHP Language Specification +Package: Scripting Engine problem
 [2017-01-23 16:08 UTC] requinix@php.net
Already considered and accepted, and while it's mostly implemented there are some issues to address.
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/notice-for-non-valid-array-container
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/2031
 
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