ID: 46596 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Summary: Setting an associative array $var with the key $var ... unexpected behaviour Reported By: benjaminNOpickSPAM at web dot de Status: Open Bug Type: Arrays related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2CVS-2008-11-17 (CVS) New Comment:
This is just side-effect of the fact that [] is also used for strings. It's not just for arrays. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-11-17 17:20:40] benjaminNOpickSPAM at web dot de Description: ------------ As the following lines are ok: $var = $var + 1; $var[trim($var2)] = ''; I expected PHP to first evaluate the $key-String ([$var]), then modify $var. So a line like: $var = 'a'; $var[$var] = 0; should work. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $var = 'xxxxx'; $var[$var] = true; var_dump($var); ?> Expected result: ---------------- array(1) { ["xxxxx"]=> bool(true) } or a warning like: Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array Actual result: -------------- string(5) "1xxxx" Depending on what code was before it, or what was in $var before, the first character is not always '1'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46596&edit=1