From: mcarpent at zenwerx dot com
Operating system: Windows XP
PHP version: 5.2.5
PHP Bug Type: Arrays related
Bug description: Accessing NULL as an Array does not produce error
Description:
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Accessing a null value as an array does not produce an error or even a
warning. It resolves to null and the script continues.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
$foo = null;
echo "Foo: {$foo['bar']}";
$foo = array();
echo "Foo: {$foo['bar']}";
?>
Expected result:
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Notice: Undefined index: bar in c:\test\test.php on line 4
Foo:
Notice: Undefined index: bar in c:\test\test.php on line 7
Foo:
Actual result:
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Foo:
Notice: Undefined index: bar in c:\test\test.php on line 7
Foo:
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44821&edit=1
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=php4
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44821&r=mysqlcfg
