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Doc Bug #77323 Since 7.1 $var[] = 'entry'; throws Fatal. This is unclear in the docs.
Submitted: 2018-12-20 10:43 UTC Modified: 2021-01-25 12:33 UTC
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From: powtac at gmx dot de Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: >= 7.1 OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-12-20 10:43 UTC] powtac at gmx dot de
Description:
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From manual page: https://php.net/function.array-push
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Despite the note in the documentation "Note: array_push() will raise a warning if the first argument is not an array. This differs from the $var[] behaviour where a new array is created.",  this is not correct for PHP >= 7.1 where a Fatal Error is thrown when the variable is a empty string.

See https://3v4l.org/SPBA6

Test script:
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$var = '';
$var[] = 'make me an array';

Expected result:
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According to the docs a new array should be created. 

Actual result:
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Fatal error: Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /in/SPBA6:5 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /in/SPBA6 on line 5
Process exited with code 255.

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 [2019-01-01 21:24 UTC] girgias@php.net
-Package: Documentation problem +Package: Arrays related -Operating System: linux +Operating System: N/A -PHP Version: 7.1.25 +PHP Version: >= 7.1
 [2019-01-01 21:24 UTC] girgias@php.net
This change is documented in the migration guide: https://php.net/manual/en/migration71.incompatible.php#migration71.incompatible.array-order

Moreover, this change applies to all array functions and not just array_push() and I don't think that this old behavior should be documented (due to the fact everything pre PHP 7.1 is EOL).

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 [2019-01-02 17:02 UTC] cmb@php.net
> […] and I don't think that this old behavior should be
> documented (due to the fact everything pre PHP 7.1 is EOL).

The PHP manual is currently supposed to document the behavior for
all PHP versions as of PHP 5.0.0.
 [2021-01-25 12:33 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-01-25 12:38 UTC] cmb@php.net
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Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=627fb8f8675566dfd9c3977e3ad2d9fc7b3b3876
Log: Fix #77323: Since 7.1 $var[] = 'entry'; throws Fatal. This is unclear in the docs.
 [2021-01-25 12:38 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2021-01-25 15:46 UTC] mumumu@php.net
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Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/ja.git;a=commit;h=739249c56c09881ff7e16c3be78a24700a23b2e4
Log: Fix #77323: Since 7.1 $var[] = 'entry'; throws Fatal. This is unclear in the docs.
 [2021-02-08 08:33 UTC] avenger@php.net
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Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/zh.git;a=commit;h=674d0a411c8bcc3031189da5aec292adbf059f76
Log: sync to en: Fix #77323
 
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