Package: php4 Version: 4:4.4.0-4 Severity: normal
When using curly braces on an empty string to change a character at a specified position, PHP will create an array. The following code... $bla = ''; $bla{0} = 'a'; var_dump ($bla); ...prints: array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "a" } But if we change the first line to "$bla = ' ';", i.e. a string of one space, we get the expected output: string(1) "a" The basic problem is that curly braces and square brackets are treated exactly the same. From a semantic point of view, they aren't. PHP developers seem to realize this, since they've deprecated the use of brackets for the purpose of accessing arrays. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.5 Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages php4 depends on: ii libapache-mod-php4 4:4.4.0-4 server-side, HTML-embedded scripti ii php4-cgi 4:4.4.0-4 server-side, HTML-embedded scripti ii php4-common 4:4.4.0-4 Common files for packages built fr php4 recommends no packages. -- debconf information: php4/update_apache_php_ini: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]