Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45290&edit=1
ID: 45290
Comment by: bugs dot php dot net at moesen dot nu
Reported by: cole dot snodgrass at gmail dot com
Summary: always throw an E_NOTICE when accessing an undefined
index
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: linux
PHP Version: 5.2.6
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
See also:
* Bug #48560 - E_STRICT does not report error if booleans or ints are
used as arrays
* Request #37676 - using Array access operator [] on boolean variable
does not show Notice
Dupe it to the latter?
Previous Comments:
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[2008-06-17 16:13:01] [email protected]
FWIW: $string['foo'] is equivalent to $string[0] and in your case it
won't trigger any notice indeed because the offset 0 is defined.
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[2008-06-17 04:24:15] cole dot snodgrass at gmail dot com
Description:
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It seems strange that when the strictest level or error reporting is
enabled an E_NOTICE is thrown when attempting to access a non-existent
key of an array, but nothing is thrown when attempting to access a
non-existent key of a bool, or a string, or it appears any other
variable type. An E_NOTICE will also be thrown if attempting to access
a non-existent numerical key in a string, but not if attempting to
access a non-existent non-numerical key.
If an E_NOTICE is displayed under one circumstance for an index not
existing it seems that it should be displayed under all circumstances
when an index doesn't exist.
Reproduce code:
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error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
$dummyArray = array();
// this will throw an E_NOTICE
$error = $dummyArray['doesNotExist'];
$dummyArray = true;
// this will not throw an E_NOTICE
$noError = $dummyArray['doesNotExist'];
$dummyArray = 'string';
// this will not throw an E_NOTICE
$noError = $dummyArray['doesNotExist'];
// but this will throw an E_NOTICE
$error = $dummaryArray['100'];
Expected result:
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Notice: Undefined index: doesNotExist
Notice: Undefined index: doesNotExist
Notice: Undefined index: doesNotExist
Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 100
Actual result:
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Notice: Undefined index: doesNotExist
< nothing when attempting to access a non-existent key of a bool >
< nothing when attempting to access a non-existent key of a string >
Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 100
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